Commersonia bartramia
drawn 1770; painted 1774; printed 1980
plate 25 from Banks’ Florilegium, part II: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
45.0 × 29.4 cm irreg. (image) 46.3 × 29.9 cm (plate) 71.7 × 56.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfield 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. 25 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1980
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / J. Miller pinx.1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 25 / COMMERSONIA BARTRAMIA (Linnaeus) Merrill / Buttnerioides arborea / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: J. Goldar sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.25
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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