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Pittosporum ralphii

Pittosporum ralphii
 drawn 1769-1770; painted 1774; printed 1985
plate 413 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XX: New Zealand

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Measurements
45.7 × 30.5 cm (plate) 72.4 × 55.6 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Gordon Robertson 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. 413 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del. 1769–1770 / J. Miller pinx. 1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 413 / PITTOSPORUM RALPHII Kirk / Pittosporum crassifolium / New Zealand / 8 October 1769–31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: C. White sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.413
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