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Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Title:
Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.): finished drawing, the tuber and detail of fruit
Additional Title(s):
Usheest (detail)
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Usheest"; lower right: "No 21"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9102
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
botanical subject
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15527
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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. 79, pl. 116, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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