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Litsea calicaris

Litsea calicaris
 drawn 1769; painted 1775; printed 1987
plate 538 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXV: New Zealand

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Peter Goddard 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. 538 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PG (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769 / J. Miller pinx.1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 538 / LITSEA CALICARIS (Cunningham) Bentham & Hooker f. ex Kirk / Laurus calicaris / Motu aro Island, New Zealand / 29 November & 2 December 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.538
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