Solanum marginatum Linn.f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of whole plant with root
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.6 × 31 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Solanum d' Abissime"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8886
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
botanical subject
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. 102-103, pl. 258, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)