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Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Gerard SIBELIUS (engraver)
Abarema grandiflora
drawn 1770; painted 1781; printed 1981
plate 96 from Banks’ Florilegium, part V: Australia
- 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
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: MH (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 96 / ABAREMA GRANDIFLORA (Bentham) Kostermans / Mimosa grandiflora / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
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