Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), John Frederick MILLER (final draughtsman), Thomas SCRATCHLEY (engraver)
Haemodorum coccineum
drawn 1770; painted 1773; printed 1984
plate 321 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XV: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
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 Peter Mant and Edward Egerton-Williams, London; published by Alecto Historical Editions, London in association with The British Museum (Natural History)
Inscription
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.l.: BANKS’ FLORILEGIUM / PLATE No. 321 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1984
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / J. F. Miller pinx.1773
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 321 / HAEMODORUM COCCINEUM R. Brown / Wachendastrum corymbosum / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June-4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: Thomas Scratchley sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.321
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings