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Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
43.1 × 25.7 cm irreg. (image) 46.0 × 29.8 cm (plate) 71.9 × 55.8 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfield and Edward Egerton-Williams, London; published by Alecto Historical Editions in association with The British Museum (Natural History)
Inscription
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.l.: BANKS’ FLORILEGIUM / PLATE No. 156 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1982
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / Anon pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 156 / BORRERIA undescribed species (SPERMACOCE MARGINATA Bentham) / Spermacoce nodosa / Cape Grafton, Australia / 9 June–10 June 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.156
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display