James Bruce, 1730–1794, British, Buddleia polystachya Fresen. (African Buddleia): finished drawing, undated
- Title:
- Buddleia polystachya Fresen. (African Buddleia): finished drawing
- Additional Title(s):
- Umtar (leaves and flowers)
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 × 11 3/4 inches (40.6 × 29.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left:"Lentana"; lower left: "Untar"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9105
- 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:15532
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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. 90, pl. 20, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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