Benincasa hispida

Benincasa hispida
 painted 1769; printed 1987
plate 606 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVIII: Society Islands

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Kevin Malloy 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. 606 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: KM (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 606 / BENINCASA HISPIDA (Thunberg) Cogniaux in A.de Candolle / Cucurbita pruriens / Society Islands / 13 April-9 August 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D.MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.606
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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