James Bruce, 1730–1794, British, Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): finished drawing with details of inflorescence, undated
- 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:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- 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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