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Creator:
unknown artist eighteenth century
Title:
Coleus species 1: finished drawing of habit of flowering plant
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 1/8 inches (40.3 × 30.8 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (29.2 × 22.2 cm), Image: 10 5/16 × 7 9/16 inches (26.2 × 19.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Watermark

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8901
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
botanical subject
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15435
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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. 83, pl. 135, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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