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Weinmannia racemosa
drawn 1770; painted 1775; printed 1986
plate 435 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXI: New Zealand

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfeld 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. 435 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1986
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / J. Cleveley pinx.1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 435 / WEINMANNIA RACEMOSA Linnaeus f. / Weinmannia spatiosa / Totara nui, New Zealand / 15 January-6 February 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.435
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