Gratiola sexdentata
painted 1769-1770; printed 1988
plate 518 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXV: 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 Paul Cyr 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. 518 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PC (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 518 / GRATIOLA SEXDENTATA R. Cunningham ex Cunningham / Gratiola sessilis / Tolaga Bay, New Zealand / 23 October-29 October 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: W. Tringham sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.518
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings