Melicope ternata
drawn 1769-1770; painted 1775; printed 1986
plate 424 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXI: New Zealand

Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman)

James MILLER (final draughtsman)

Jabez GOLDAR (engraver)

Medium: colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
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. 424 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1986
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769-1770 / J. Miller pinx.1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 424 / MELICOPE TERNATA Forster & G. Forster / Entoganum laevigatum / New Zealand / 8 October 1769-31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: J. Goldar sculps.
Accession Number: 2013.416.424
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
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Gallery location: Not on display