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Hedyotis herbacea

Hedyotis herbacea
 drawn 1770-1771; published 1985
plate 369 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XVII: Java

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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfeld 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. 369 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770-1771 / Anon. pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 369 / HEDYOTIS HERBACEA Linnaeus / Houstonia linifolia / Batavia, Java / 11 October-24 December 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.369
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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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