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Baccharis pingraea
painted 1768; printed 1984
plate 347 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XVI: Brazil

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

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Measurements
45.7 × 30.5 cm (plate) 72.4 × 55.6 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Paul Cyr 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. 347 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PC (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1984
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx. 1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 347 / BACCHARIS PINGRAEA de Candolle / Chrysocoma albiflora / Isle of Raza, Brazil / 7 December 1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.347
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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