unknown artist, eighteenth century, Albuca abyssinica Murrary (Ethiopian Squill): finished drawing of flowering plant, with floral details, undated
- Title:
- Albuca abyssinica Murrary (Ethiopian Squill): finished drawing of flowering plant, with floral details
- Additional Title(s):
- Ornithogalum des Sources du Nil
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite 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 3/8 × 8 11/16 inches (28.9 × 22.1 cm), Image: 10 1/4 × 7 5/8 inches (26 × 19.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Ornithogalum des Sources du Nil"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8890
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15425
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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. 110-111, pl. 306, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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