Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian, Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf, ca. 1768
- Title:
- Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf
- Date:
- ca. 1768
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: [...]; inscribed, lower right: [...]; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left:"Sassa No 19"; inscribed on verso, lower right: "B"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8907
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by request 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. 22-33 (vol.5), DT377 B88 1790+ Oversize (YCBA Rare Books)
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. 84-85, pl. 148, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15441
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