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Centranthera cochinchinensis
drawn 1770; painted 1778; printed 1983
plate 230 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XI: Australia

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

Measurements
35.4 × 15.8 cm irreg. (image) 46.0 × 29.9 cm (plate) 72.3 × 56.0 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 Judith Frost 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. 230 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: JF (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1983
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1778
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 230 / CENTRANTHERA COCHINCHINENSIS (J. de Loureiro) Merril / Digitalis hispidiuscula / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.

Accession Number
2013.416.230

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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