Anthropodium cirratum

Anthropodium cirratum
 drawn 1769-1770; painted 1775; printed 1987
plate 558 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVI: New Zealand

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
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