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Muehlenbeckia complexa
drawn 1769; painted 1775; printed 1987
plate 534 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 Goddard 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. 534 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PG (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1769 / FJ. Cleveley pinx.1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 534 / MUEHLENBECKIA COMPLEXA (Cunningham) Meisner / Polygonum heterophyllum / Tolaga Bay, New Zealand / 23 October-29 October 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: E. Walker sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.534
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