Knightia excelsa
painted 1769-1770; printed 1987
plate 540 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVI: New Zealand

Sydney PARKINSON (final draughtsman)

Gabriel SMITH (engraver)

Medium: colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Measurements: 45.7 × 30.5 cm (plate) 72.4 × 55.6 cm (sheet)
Edition: ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing: printed by Gordon Robertson and Edward Edgerton-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. 540 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 pinx.1769–1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 540 / KNIGHTIA EXCELSA R. Brown / Brabeium sparsum / North Island, New Zealand / 8 October – 4 December 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number: 2013.416.540
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
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Gallery location: Not on display