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Banks' Florilegium Pittosporum ferrugineum, plate 13

Engraver Charles White

Publisher Alecto Historical Editions

Artist Sydney Parkinson (c 1745 - 1771)

Date1980

Object number00032532

NameEngraving

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 735 x 570 mm
Sheet: 720 x 560 mm
Mount: 735 x 570 mm, 1 mm
Image: 460 x 300 mm
Sight: 485 x 324 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Dr and Mrs Eric and Margaret Schiller

Terms

London

DescriptionThis coloured print, from Banks' Florilegium, depicts Pittosporum ferrugineum, also known as Rusty pittosporum which occurs in northern parts of the Northern Territory and on east cost of Queensland from the south east to Cape York Peninsula. It is also found in southern coastal Queensland. This print is a reproduction of a drawing made during Cook's first voyage to the Pacific and Australia on HMB ENDEAVOUR. The drawing was based on a specimen collected on Palm Island, 7 June 1770. The original illustration was sketched by artist Sydney Parkinson, and was later painted by J. Cleveley and engraved by C. White.