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Lythrum junceum

Lythrum junceum
 drawn 1768; painted 1776; printed 1985
plate 392 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XIX: Madeira

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 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. 392 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: Gordon Robertson (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1768 / T. Burgis pinx.1776
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 392 / LYTHRUM JUNCEUM Banks & Solander in Russell / Lythrum hyssopifolia / Madeira / 13 September-18 September 1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.392
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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