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Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Formerly James Bruce, 1730–1794
Title:
Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing with minor variations in flowering head
Additional Title(s):
Sassa No.18
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen and ink, upper right: " [...]; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Sassa No 18"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8906
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15440
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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. 27-33 (vol.5), DT377 B88 1790+ Oversize (YCBA Rare Books) [ORBIS]

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. 152, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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