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Boesenbergia pandurata

Boesenbergia pandurata
 drawn 1771; painted 1773; printed 1985
plate 389 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XVIII: 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)
Measurements
45.7 × 30.5 cm (plate) 72.4 × 55.6 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Gordon Robertson 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. 389 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) © 1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del. 1771 / J. F. Miller pinx. 1773
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 389 / BOESENBERGIA PANDURATA (Roxburgh) Schlechter / Kaempferia erubescens / Princes' Island, Java / 6 January - 15 January 1771
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.389
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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