Asplenium polyodon

Asplenium polyodon
 printed 1987
plate 573 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. 573 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 573 / ASPLENIUM POLYODON G. Forster / Asplenium polydon / North Island, New Zealand / 8 October-4 December 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.573
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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