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Urostemon kirkii
drawn 1769; painted 1779; printed 1986
plate 477 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXIII: 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. 477 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.1779
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 477 / Urostemon kirkii (Hooker f. ex Kirk) B. Nordenstam / Cineraria glastifolia / Opoorage, New Zealand / 5 November-15 November 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.

Accession Number
2013.416.477

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings