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C1773
(1981)
Cochlospermum Gillivraei Bentham. Argemonoides ricinfolia.
Artist:
Fabulous stipple engraving of Queensland Kapok, from Banks Floreligium. Plate 12, from set 36 of 100. In 1980, the British printing firm Alecto Historical Editions took up the task of finally printing the 743 line engravings originally created between 1772 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Cochlospermum Gillivraei Bentham. Argemonoides ricinfolia.
Date:
C1773
(1981)
Artist:
Engraver:
F.P. Nodder
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Stipple engraving coloured a la poupee and hand finished
Image Size:
300mm
x 460mm
Paper Size:
999mm
x 725mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1981
Description:
Fabulous stipple engraving of Queensland Kapok, from Banks Floreligium. Plate 12, from set 36 of 100.
In 1980, the British printing firm Alecto Historical Editions took up the task of finally printing the 743 line engravings originally created between 1772 and 1784. A limited edition of 100 full sets, entitled Banks’ Florilegium, were printed in full colour, directly from the original plates held by the British Museum. The project took 10 years to complete. The plates were printed on an Albion hand roller press. Up to 15 colours were inked by hand onto every copperplate for each print pulled.
The work involved producing 83,959 perfect impressions. The soft copper of the plates meant a larger print run was difficult.
The tree that grows in north Queensland and the top of the Northern Territory. Solander could not associate it with any genus he knew, so he named it Argemonoides ricinifolia as it reminded him of Linnaeus’s Argemone and its leaves reminded him of those of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). In 1882 it was described by German botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth as ‘Cochlospermum’ after its kidney-shaped seeds.
Sydney Parkinson (1745-1770) was the artist on Cook’s 1st Voyage of in the Endeavour, which sailed to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus and charted the Pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia. Published by Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History).
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Sydney Parkinson (1745 - 1771)
Sydney Parkinson (17451771) Parkinson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and from an early age his artistic abilities were noticed. He was employed by Joseph Banks in London before joining him and Daniel Solander on James Cook’s Endeavour on a circumnavigation of the globe (1768-1771) as a botanical draughtsman. During the voyage, he made at least 1,300 drawings and paintings. Parkinson was the first European to draw eucalypts. On the return voyage, he died in Batavia.
