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Anthropodium cirratum

Anthropodium cirratum
 drawn 1769-1770; painted 1775; printed 1987
plate 558 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVI: 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
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Measurements
45.7 × 30.5 cm (plate) 72.4 × 55.6 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Paul Cyr 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. 558 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PC (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) © 1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l. S. Parkinson del. 1769–1770 / J. F. Miller pinx. 1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 558 / ARTHROPODIUM CIRRATUM (G. Forster) R. Brown ex Sims / Anthericum latifolium / New Zealand / 8 October 1769–31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.558
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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