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Sarcocornia quinqueflora

Sarcocornia quinqueflora
 painted 1769-1770; printed 1987
plate 529 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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
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. 529 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (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 529 / SARCOCORNIA QUINQUEFLORA (Bunge ex Ungern-Sternberg) A. J. Scott / Salicornia australis / Tolaga Bay, New Zealand / 23 October-29 October 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: Bannerman sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.529
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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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