Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Gerard SIBELIUS (engraver)
Triumfetta repens
drawn 1770; painted 1777; printed 1980
plate 26 from Banks’ Florilegium, part II: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
19.6 × 29.9 cm irreg. (image) 30.0 × 46.1 cm (plate) 55.8 × 72.0 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. 26 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 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1777
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 26 / TRIUMFETTA REPENS (Blume) Merrill & Rolfe / Striumfetta subpalmata / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.26
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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