Myoporum laetum

Myoporum laetum
 drawn 1769-1770; printed 1987
plate 524 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 Malcolm Humble 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. 524 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: MH (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769-1770 / ?F. P. Nodder pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 524 / MYOPORUM LAETUM G. Forster / Myoporum littorale / New Zealand / 8 October 1769-31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.524
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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