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Pteridium esculentum

Pteridium esculentum
 painted 1772; printed 1987
plate 568 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVII: 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. 568 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: J. F. Miller pinx.1772
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 568 / PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM (G. Forster) Cockayne / Pteris esculenta / New Zealand / 8 October 1769-31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.568
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