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Heberdenia bahamensis

Heberdenia bahamensis
 painted 1768; printed 1985
plate 395 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XIX: Madeira

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. 395 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 pinx.1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 395 / HEBERDENIA BAHAMENSIS (Gaertner) Sprague / Heberdenia excelsa / Madeira / 13 September-18 September 1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.395
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