unknown artist, eighteenth century, Solanum marginatum Linn.f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of whole plant with root, ca. 1768
- Title:
- Solanum marginatum Linn.f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of whole plant with root
- Additional Title(s):
- Solanum d'Abissime
- Date:
- ca. 1768
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.6 × 31 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (29.1 × 21.7 cm), Image: 10 1/4 × 7 7/16 inches (26 × 18.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Solanum d' Abissime"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8886
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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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. 102-103, pl. 258, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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