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Peperomia leptostachya

Peperomia leptostachya
 painted 1769; printed 1988
plate 644 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXX: Society Islands

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Brian Webb 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.644 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: BW (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1988
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx.1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 644 / PEPEROMIA LEPTOSTACHYA Hooker & Arnott / Piper polymorphum / Otaheite, Society Islands / 13 April-1 June & 4 June-13 July 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: C.White sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.644
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