C1804

Banksia Ericaefolia. Heath-Leaved Banksia

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Scarce, early c.19th hand coloured engraving of Heath-leaved banksia. The Heath leaved Banksia was first collected on 29 April 1770, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, during the Endeavour’s stay at Botany Bay. It was not published until … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Banksia Ericaefolia. Heath-Leaved Banksia

Date:

C1804

Artist:

Sydneham Edwards (1768 - 1819)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring

Image Size:

115mm

x 170mm

Paper Size:

130mm

x 224mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1804

Description:

Scarce, early c.19th hand coloured engraving of Heath-leaved banksia.

The Heath leaved Banksia was first collected on 29 April 1770, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, during the Endeavour’s stay at Botany Bay. It was not published until April 1782, when Carolus described the first four Banksia species in his Supplementum Plantarum. Linnaeus distinguished the species by their leaf shapes and named them accordingly.

Other modern common name: Lantern banksia
Modern binomial name: Banksia ericifolia
First described: 1782 Linneaus (younger)
Distribution: VIC, NSW, QLD

From Curtis’s Botanical Magazine: or, Flower-Garden Displayed..

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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