Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Title:
Dracaena steudneri Engl. (Dragon Tree): finished drawing with floral details below
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "3"; lower center: "Jibara"; on verso in pen and brown ink, center left: "Dracina"; lower left: "Jebaara parts"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6467c
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
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. 105, pl. 37, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:58112