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Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian, Cyperus esculentus L. (Tiger Nut): finished drawing of whole plant with roots, undated
- Title:
Cyperus esculentus L. (Tiger Nut): finished drawing of whole plant with roots
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Forty-one Botanial Drawings with Notes in three Dark Green cloth Volumes
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm), Binding: 16 1/4 inches (41.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "38"; in pen and brown ink, upper right: "38"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6469(f)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:58126
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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. 107, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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