unknown artist, eighteenth century, Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of inflorescence and leaves, with fifteen separate details below, undated
- Title:
- Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of inflorescence and leaves, with fifteen separate details below
- Additional Title(s):
- Geshe el Aube No. 16
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (31.8 × 24.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "No border but to be [...] like the rest"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8895
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Paul Hulton, Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants, From the collection made by James Bruce of Kinnaird on his travels to discover the source of the Nile 1767-1773 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1991, p. 109-110, pl. 43, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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