Lepidium bidentatum
painted 1769; printed 1987
plate 585 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVIII: Society Islands

Sydney PARKINSON (final draughtsman)

Daniel MacKENZIE (engraver)

Medium: colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition: ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing: printed by Gordon Robertson 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.585 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: GR (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx.1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 585 / LEPIDIUM BIDENTATUM Montin / Lepidium acre / Ulhietea, Society Islands / 1 August-9 August 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D.Mackenzie sculps.
Accession Number: 2013.416.585
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