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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)
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