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Pipturus argenteus

Pipturus argenteus
 painted 1769; printed 1988
plate 656 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXXI: Society Islands

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 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. 656 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: KM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1988
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx. 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 656 / PIPTURUS ARGENTEUS (G. Forster) Weddell in de Candolle / Urtica argentea / Society Islands / 13 April - 9 August 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Smith sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.656
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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