Galium aparine

Galium aparine
 painted 1769; printed 1988
plate 700 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXXIII: Tierra del Fuego

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Michael Linfield 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. 700 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (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 700 / GALIUM APARINE Linnaeus / Galium uliginosum / St Vincent's Bay & Bay of Good Success, Tierra del Fuego / 14 January-21 January 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G.Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.700
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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