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Dentella Repens
drawn 1770-1771; painted 1774; printed 1985
plate 370 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XVII: Java

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Paul Cyr 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. 370 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PC (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. Cleveley pinx.1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 370 / DENTELLA REPENS (Linnaeus) Forster / Rondeletioides humifusa / Batavia, Java / 11 October-24 December 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.370
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
Gallery location
Not on display