Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Title:
Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers and leaf
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (30.2 x 20 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Extensive inscription in pen and black ink
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8935
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
botanical subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
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, recto p. 83, verso p. 93, recto pl. 137, verso pl. 190, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)

Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, p. 58, V 2576 (YCBA)

Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 18, V1880
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30149