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Solanum aviculare

Solanum aviculare
 drawn 1769-1770; painted 1774; printed 1988
plate 517 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXV: New Zealand

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Peter Mant 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. 517 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769-1770 / J. F. Miller pinx.1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 517 / SOLANUM AVICULARE G. Forster / Solanum lanceum / New Zealand / 8 October 1769-31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: W. Tringham sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.517
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