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Cheilanthes distans

Cheilanthes distans
 printed 1987
plate 567 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVII: 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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfeld 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. 567 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: J. F. Miller pinx.
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 567 / CHEILANTHES DISTANS (R. Brown) Mettenius / Adiantum hirtum / Admiralty Bay, New Zealand / 26 March-31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.567
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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