Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), John Frederick MILLER (final draughtsman), Daniel MacKENZIE (engraver)
Utricularia biloba
drawn 1770; painted 1775; printed 1983
plate 239 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XI: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
21.5 × 3.7 cm irreg. (image) 46.4 × 30.0 cm (plate) 72.1 × 55.9 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. 239 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: MH (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 239 / UTRICULARIA BILOBA R. Brown / Utricularia filiformis / Botany Bay, Australia / 28 April–6 May 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.239
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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