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C1803
Protea Lepidocarpon. Black-Flowered Protea
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One of the most attractive images of a Black-Flowered Protea. The Black-Flowered Protea was first collected at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, during the Endeavour’s stay at Botany Bay in 1770. It … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Protea Lepidocarpon. Black-Flowered Protea
Date:
C1803
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
120mm
x 210mm
Paper Size:
152mm
x 243mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1803
Description:
One of the most attractive images of a Black-Flowered Protea.
The Black-Flowered Protea was first collected at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, during the Endeavour’s stay at Botany Bay in 1770. 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.
Common name: Black-Flowered Protea
Modern binomial name: Protea Lepidocarpon
First described: 1782 Linnaeus (the Younger)
Distribution: South Africa
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.
