Inscription: Bromus Maximus. Genoa. H.F. Talbot photogr. 1839 in ink by Talbot, verso; Bromus scaberrimus in ink on album page by Bertoloni
Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936 E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London, February 1936 Mario Galanti, Paris, France Antonio Bertoloni Album (1st group), p. 2, Bologna, Italy