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Tetragonia tetragonioides
drawn 1770; printed 1987
plate 532 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

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. 532 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 del.1770 / ?F. P. Nodder pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 532 / TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES (Pallas) Kuntze / Tetragonia cornuta / Totara nui, New Zealand / 15 January-6 February
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.532
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
Gallery location
Not on display