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Metrosideros diffusa

Metrosideros diffusa
 drawn 1769; painted 1782; printed 1986
plate 442 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. 442 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.1769 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1782
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 442 / METROSIDEROS DIFFUSA (G. Forster) Smith / Metrosideros myrtifolia / Opoorage, New Zealand / 5 November-15 November 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.442
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