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Berberis buxifolia

Berberis buxifolia
 painted 1769; printed 1988
plate 677 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXXII: Tierra del Fuego

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
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Alecto Historical Editions in association with The British Museum (Natural History)
Inscription
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.l.: BANKS’ FLORILEGIUM / PLATE No. 677 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: BW (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 677 / BERBERIS BUXIFOLIA Lamarck / Berberis parvifolia / Bay of Good Success, Tierra del Fuego / 15 January-21 January 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D.MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.677
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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