Asplenium oblongifolium

Asplenium oblongifolium
 painted 1772; printed 1987
plate 572 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVII: New Zealand

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. 572 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.1772
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 572 / ASPLENIUM OBLONGIFOLIUM Colenso / Asplenium lucidum / New Zealand / 8 October 1769-31 March 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.572
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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Gallery location
Not on display

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