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Stigmaphyllon auriculatum
painted 1769; printed 1984
plate 340 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XVI: Brazil

Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Measurements
30.5 × 45.7 cm (plate) 55.6 × 72.4 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Peter Mant 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. 340 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PM (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1984
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx. 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 340 / STIGMAPHYLLON AURICULATUM (Cavanilles) Adr. Jussieu in A. Saint-Hilaire / Banisteria atriplicifolia / Rio de Janeiro & Isle of Raza, Brazil / 13 November-7 December 1768
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: W. Tringham sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.340
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
Gallery location
Not on display