Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Gerard SIBELIUS (engraver)
Scaevola calendulacea
drawn 1770; painted 1782; printed 1982
plate 185 from Banks’ Florilegium, part IX: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
18.5 × 26.7 cm irreg. (image) 46.2 × 29.9 cm (plate) 72.0 × 56.2 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 Michael Humble and Michael 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. 185 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: MH (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1982
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1782
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 185 / SCAEVOLA CALENDULACEA (Kennedy) Druce / Lobelia barbata / Botany Bay, Australia / 28 April–6 May 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.185
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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