Portulaca lutea
painted 1769; printed 1987
plate from Banks’ Florilegium, part XXVIII: Society Islands

Sydney PARKINSON (final draughtsman)

Gerard SIBELIUS (engraver)

Medium: colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
Edition: ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing: printed by Peter Goddard 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. 587 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: PG (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1987
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson pinx.1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 587 / PORTULACA LUTEA Solander ex G.Forster / Portulaca lutea / Ulhietea, Society Islands / 20 July-24 July 1769
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G.Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number: 2013.416.587
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