Elatostema rugosum
drawn 1769; painted 1780; printed 1989
plate 742 from Banks’ Florilegium, Supplement

Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman)

Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman)

Gerard SIBELIUS (engraver)

Ron HUGHES (engraver)

Medium: colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Measurements: x cm irreg. (image) × cm (plate) × cm (sheet)
Edition: ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing: printed by Walter Bremner 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. 742 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: WB (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1989
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1780
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 742 / ELATOSTEMA RUGOSUM Cunningham / Dorstenia rugosa / Motu aro Island, New Zealand / 29 November & 2 December 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps. / R. Hughes sculps. 1989
Accession Number: 2013.416.742
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