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Utricularia chrysantha
drawn 1770; painted 1775; printed 1983
plate 235 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XI: Australia

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

Measurements
20.9 × 7.7 cm irreg. (image) 46.0 × 29.9 cm (plate) 72.1 × 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 Russell Baker 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. 235 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: RB (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1983
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / J. F. Miller pinx.1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 235 / UTRICULARIA CHRYSANTHA R. Brown / Utricularia aurea / Point Lookout, Australia / 10 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.

Accession Number
2013.416.235

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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