Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), John Frederick MILLER (final draughtsman), Daniel MacKENZIE (engraver)
Utricularia chrysantha
drawn 1770; painted 1774; printed 1983
plate 236 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XI: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
13.8 × 5.8 cm irreg. (image) 46.2 × 30.0 cm (plate) 72.1 × 56.3 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. 236 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 / J. F. Miller pinx.1774
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 236 / UTRICULARIA CHRYSANTHA R. Brown / Utricularia flava / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.236
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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