Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian

Formerly James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Title:
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing
Date:
1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Ensete No. 10"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8909
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
botanical subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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. 112-113, pl. 45, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p.78, cat. no.60, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15443