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Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Title:

Euphorbia nubica N.E. Br. (Nubian Spurge): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting shoot, with details of floral dissections

Date:
ca. 1769
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches (52.7 × 37.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Watermark

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9122
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15550
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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. 82, pl. 129, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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