Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian, Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf, ca. 1768
- Title:
- Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf
- Additional Title(s):
- Sassa No.19
- Date:
- ca. 1768
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "This Branch of Leaves; lower right: "& this parcel flowers | are to be left yout in the Engraving"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Sassa No 19"; lower right: "B"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8907
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- botanical subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15441
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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. 22-33 (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. 148, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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