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Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Title:
Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): finished drawing with details of inflorescence
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (52.1 × 36.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Banana tree"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9120
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15548
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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. 113, pl. 46, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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