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Leea rubra

Leea rubra
 drawn 1770-1771; painted 1774; published 1985
plate 364 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XVII: Java

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfeld and Edward Egerton-Williams, London; published by Alecto Historical Editions, London in association with The British Museum (Natural History)
Inscription
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.l.: BANKS’ FLORILEGIUM / PLATE No. 364 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770-1771 / J. Miller pinx.1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 364 / LEEA RUBRA Blume / Aquilicia sambucina / Batavia, Java / 11 October-24 December 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.364
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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display