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Sydney Parkinson (draughtsman)
Anonymous (final draughtsman)
Metrosideros albiflora drawn 1769; printed 1986
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
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Metrosideros albiflora
drawn 1769; printed 1986
plate 441 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 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. 441 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1986
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769 / Anon. pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 441 / METROSIDEROS ALBIFLORA Banks & Solander ex Gaertner / Metosideros albiflora / [Opoorage, New Zealand / 5 November-15 November 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.441
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings