Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Title:
Labiatae (indeterminate species): finished drawing of a leafy shoot, without flowers
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 1/8 inches (54.6 × 38.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper right:"Zararindi"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9109
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
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, pl. 141, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15537