- Title:
- Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing with stem of fruits added
- Additional Title(s):
- Wooginoos or Brucea antidysenterica leaves, flowers and fruit
- Date:
- 1769–73
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (36.5 × 26.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Wooginoos | or Brucea the flowers to be added from the [...] Drawing No 2"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8918
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15451
- Export:
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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, Precedes p. 69-73 (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. 100-101, pl. 250, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 497, cat. 29.28, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]