C1813

[Banksia Dryandra Longifolia]

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Rare early c.19th hand coloured engraving of Banksia longifolia. Modern binomial name: Banksia prolata (syn. Dryandra longifolia) First described: Brown, R. 1810 Distribution: WA south west This species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

[Banksia Dryandra Longifolia]

Date:

C1813

Artist:

Sydneham Edwards (1768 - 1819)

Condition:

In good condition with folds as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring

Image Size:

228mm

x 184mm

Paper Size:

259mm

x 228mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1813

Description:

Rare early c.19th hand coloured engraving of Banksia longifolia.

Modern binomial name: Banksia prolata (syn. Dryandra longifolia)
First described: Brown, R. 1810
Distribution: WA south west

This species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Dryandra longifolia and published the description in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London from material collected near Lucky Bay.

From: Curtis, W., Botanical Magazine

References:
Sitwell, S. Fine Flower Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 pp.156–157.
Nissen, C. Die Botanische Buchillustration. Stuttgart 1966 2350.
Plesch, A. The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein.. London 1975 164.
Henrey, B. British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800…London 1975 472.
Blunt, W. The Art of Botanical Illustration London 1950 pp. 211-217.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3164201
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS RB/DS580.5/2
State Library Victoria: RARES 580.5 C94

Sydneham Edwards (1768 - 1819)

Initially worked for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, until a dispute with the publishers when he started his own rival magazine The Botanical Register. He was born in Monmouthshire, a from an early age demonstrated a precocious talent for drawing and when only 11 years old had copied plates from Flora Londinensis. A friend of William Curtis, the publisher visited the Edwards and recommended the boy to Curtis. Curtis proceeded to have Edwards trained in both botany and botanical illustration. Edwards was a prolific talent and between 1787 and 1815 he produced over 1,700 watercolours for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. He established The Botanical Register in 1815 after a disagreement with John Sims, Curtis’s editor.

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