unknown artist, eighteenth century, Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of inflorscence, undated
- Title:
- Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of inflorscence
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 1/16 inches (34.3 × 28.1 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 9/16 × 8 3/4 inches (29.4 × 22.2 cm), Image: 10 3/8 × 7 9/16 inches (26.4 × 19.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "No border"; center left: "No border"; center right: "No border"; lower center: "Tett"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8897
- 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, p. 76-80 (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. 110, pl. 299, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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