Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Daniel MacKENZIE (engraver)
Acacia ulicifolia
drawn 1770; painted 1781; printed 1981
plate 86 from Banks’ Florilegium, part IV: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
39.1 × 20.5 cm irreg. (image) 46.1 × 29.8 cm (plate) 71.6 × 55.8 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. 86 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.1781
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 86 / ACACIA ULICIFOLIA (Salisbury) Court / Mimosa ericaefolia / Botany Bay, Australia / 28 April–6 May 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.86
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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