Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center to upper right:"This vulture is to be reduced to about the size of the black crested eagle | <...> Upon mature consideration it ought | not to be less."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9133
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
James Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 , Edinburgh, 1790, Precedes p. 165-168 (vol. 5), DT377 B88 1790+ Oversize (YCBA Rare Books)