Sibthorpia peregrina

Sibthorpia peregrina
 painted 1768; printed 1985
plate 398 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XIX: Madeira

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Jonathan Cassidy 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. 398 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: JC (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1985
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx.1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 398 / SIBTHORPIA PEREGRINA Linnaeus / Meadia repens / Madeira / 13 September-18 September 1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.398
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
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Not on display

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