Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (engraver)
Sophora microphylla
drawn 1769; painted 1783; printed 1986
plate 431 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXI: New Zealand
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
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Peter Mant 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. 431 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1986
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1783
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 431 / SOPHORA MICROPHYLLA Aiton / Sophora microphylla / Motu aro Island, New Zealand / 29 November & 2 December 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: F. P. Nodder sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.431
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings