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C1803
Botany. 1. Banksia Serrata 2. Banksia Pyrformis 3…
Scarce, early hand coloured engraved illustration of Australian native plants based on earlier engravings issued in the first fleet accounts by Phillip and John White. All the images were originally issued in John White’s, Journal of a voyage to New South … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Botany. 1. Banksia Serrata 2. Banksia Pyrformis 3. Peppermint Tree 4. Tea Tree 5.Yellow Gum Tree.
Date:
C1803
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
120mm
x 190mm
Paper Size:
122mm
x 195mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1803
Description:
Scarce, early hand coloured engraved illustration of Australian native plants based on earlier engravings issued in the first fleet accounts by Phillip and John White. All the images were originally issued in John White’s, Journal of a voyage to New South Wales, 1790 with the exception of the central image ‘5. Yellow Gum Tree ‘which was issud in Governor Phillips, A Voyage to Botany Bay 1789.
Modern common names: 1. Old Man Banksia 2. Woody Pear 3. Sydney Peppermint 4. Tall Baeckea 5. Grasstree
From: Barrington’s, The History of New South Wales.
Collections:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 345
Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. London 1972: 565
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 531817
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74Vv7J3Nx6BA
State Library Victoria: RARELT 994.402 B27H
State Library South Australia: 994.402 B276
