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Ammania baccifera

Ammania baccifera
 drawn 1770; painted 1774; printed 1981
plate 131 from Banks’ Florilegium, part VI: Australia

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

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
28.5 × 15.8 cm irreg. (image) 45.9 × 29.8 cm (plate) 71.8 × 56.0 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Delavar Karaien and Edward Egerton-Williams, London; published by Alecto Historical Editions in association with The British Museum (Natural History)
Inscription
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.l.: BANKS’ FLORILEGIUM / PLATE No. 131 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: DK (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1981
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / J. F. Miller pinx.1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 131 / AMMANIA BACCIFERA Linnaeus / Centunculoides ramosa / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: van Drazowa sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.131
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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