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Blandfordia nobilis
drawn 1770; painted 1775; printed 1984
plate 325 from Banks’ Florilegium, part XV: Australia

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. 325 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: ML (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1984
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / J. Miller pinx.1775
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 325 / BLANDFORDIA NOBILIS J.E. Smith / Alooides polyanthes / Botany Bay, Australia / 28 April-6 May 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: E. Walker sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.325
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