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Colobathus apetalus

Colobathus apetalus
 drawn 1770; painted 1777; printed 1985
plate 414 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 Jonathan Cassidy 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. 414 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: JC (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del. 1770 / F. P. Nodder pinx. 1777
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 414 / COLOBANTHUS APETALUS (Labillardière) Druce / Stellaria uniflora / Totara nui, New Zealand / 15 January–6 February 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.414
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