Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Daniel MacKENZIE (engraver)
Tephrosia filipes
drawn 1770; painted 1777; printed 1981
plate 64 from Banks’ Florilegium, part III: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
29.5 × 18.4 cm irreg. (image) 46.0 × 30.0 cm (plate) 71.8 × 55.9 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 Martin Saull 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. 64 EDITION No. 26/100;
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: MS (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) MS (banksia flower) (NH) ©1981
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1777
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 64 / TEPHROSIA FILIPES var. LATIFOLIA Bentham / Galegoides sericea / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.64
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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