Dichondra repens

Dichondra repens
 painted 1769-1770; printed 1988
plate 516 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXV: New Zealand

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
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. 516 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx.1769-1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 516 / DICHONDRA REPENS Forster & G. Forster / Steripha reniformis / Tegadu Bay, New Zealand / 20 October-22 October 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.516
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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Gallery location
Not on display

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