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Globba marantina

Globba marantina
 drawn 1771; painted 1782; printed 1985
plate 390 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 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. 390 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PC (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) © 1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del. 1771 / F. P. Nodder pinx. 1773
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 390 / GLOBBA MARANTINA Linnaeusr / Kaempferia gynandra / Princes' Island, Java / 6 January - 15 January 1771
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: Anon. sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.390
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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