unknown artist, eighteenth century, Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of whole plant in flower, undated
- Title:
Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of whole plant in flower
- Additional Title(s):
Unidentified Grass with Tiny Red Flowers
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor over graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.5 × 30.8 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 5/16 × 8 9/16 inches (28.7 × 21.7 cm), and Image: 10 1/8 × 7 7/16 inches (25.7 × 18.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "No 1"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8902
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15436
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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. 110, pl. 300, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)
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