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Peperomia urvilleana

Peperomia urvilleana
 drawn 1769; printed 1987
plate 537 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXV: New Zealand

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. 537 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769 / Anon. pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 537 / PEPEROMIA URVILLEANA A. Richard / Piper fatuum / Tolaga Bay, New Zealand / 23 October-29 October 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.537
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