unknown artist, eighteenth century, Bauhinia farec Desv. : finished drawing of a flowering shoot, with details of flowers below, undated
- Title:
- Bauhinia farec Desv. : finished drawing of a flowering shoot, with details of flowers below
- Additional Title(s):
- Farik No.11
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16 inches (31.9 × 24.9 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 3/8 × 8 9/16 inches (28.9 × 21.7 cm), Image: 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (26 × 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "No border but to be plain as the rest"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Farik No 11"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8896
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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James Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 , Edinburgh, 1790, precedes p. 57-64 (vol. 5), DT377 B88 1790+ Oversize (YCBA Rare Books) [ORBIS]
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. 85, pl. 151, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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