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Pernettya mucronata

Pernettya mucronata
 painted 1778
plate 718 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXXIV: 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
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 Walter Bremner 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. 718 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: WB (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 718 / PERNETTYA MUCRONATA (Linnaeus f.) Gaudichaud-Beaupré ex G. Don / Arbutus rigida / Tierra del Fuego / 14 January - 21 January 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: D. MacKenzie sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.718
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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