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Galactia tenuiflora
drawn 1770; painted 1778; printed 1981
plate 77 from Banks’ Florilegium, part IV: Australia

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring

Measurements
30.5 × 17.7 cm irreg. (image) 45.9 × 29.9 cm (plate) 71.8 × 55.7 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 David Bowyer 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. 77 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: DB (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1981
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1778
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 77 / GALACTIA TENUIFLORA (Klein ex Willdenow) Wight & Arnott / Galegoides purpurea / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.

Accession Number
2013.416.77

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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