Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown artist, eighteenth century
Title:
Solanum marginatum Linn. f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of plant in flwoers with floral details
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Solanum d'Abissime"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8887
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre 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. 35, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15422