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Microtis unifolia
drawn 1769; printed 1987
plate 554 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVI: New Zealand

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)

Measurements
45.7 × 30.5 cm (plate) 72.4 × 55.6 cm (sheet)

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

Edition
ed. 26/100

Printing/Publishing
printed by Kevin Malloy and Edward Edgerton-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. 554 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: KM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) © 1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l. S. Parkinson del. 1769 / ? F. P. Nodder pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 554 / MICROTIS UNIFOLIA (G. Forster) Reichenbach f. / Ophrys porrifolia / Teoneroa, New Zealand / 8 October–11 October 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.

Accession Number
2013.416.554

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings