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British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
- Date
- [ca 1894-1899]
- By
- British Museum (Natural History)
- Reference
- B-026/027
- Description
Black and white proof prints from the British Museum (Natural History) of copperplate engravings of botanical specimens after watercolours by various artists from sketches made by Sydney Parkinson on James Cook's first voyage, prepared for Banks' Florilegium, and plates illustrating New Zealand plants collected by Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster on James Cook's second voyage.
The botanical plates in this collection depict specimens collected in New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Tierra Del Fuego, and the Society Islands.
See also 'Banks Florilegium' published by Alecto Historical Editions, 1980-1990 (https://www.alecto-historical-editions.com/).
Records describing prints illustrating New Zealand plants include descriptive Scope & Contents notes.
Most of the prints have scientific binomial names inscribed in the lower margin recto by Thomas Kirk.
Arrangement: The prints are arranged in two groups, the first being the plates from Banks' Florilegium (B-026), and the second are the plates based on plants collected in New Zealand by the Forsters on Cook's second voyage.
Six sets of proof prints of engravings were taken from copperplates in the period circa 1894-1899 by the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum, London.
Quantity: 7 box(es). 642 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Copperplate engravings, black and white proof prints, sizes vary.
Provenance: In 1978 Ellis noted: "The plates came into the possession of the British Museum, who eventually (this century?) had six only copies of each print made. One of these six sets (each of more than 600 prints) was presented to the New Zealand Government, and after a sojourn in the old Education Department was deposited in the Alexander Turnbull Library. A second set is owned by the Auckland Institute and Museum. The New Zealand botanist Sheila Natusch carefully examined the prints in the Turnbull set, and has identified as far as possible the New Zealand items, numbering about 200 plates." (See Enid Margaret Ellis, 'Early prints of New Zealand, 1642-1875', Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, 1978, page 314).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 7 box(es), 642 b&w art print(s), Botanical illustrations, Engravings, Prints, Scientific illustrations, Copperplate engravings, black and white proof prints, sizes vary.
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Artist unknown: Loranthus tetrapetalus
Date: [ca 1895-1897]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
Reference: B-027-022
Description: Branch of red mistletoe (Elytranthe tetrapetula) showing leaves and flowers Includes details of flower parts Source of descriptive information - H H Allan. Flora of New Zealand, Vol 1, p 414 Other Titles - Elytranthe tetrapetula Other Titles - Red mistletoe Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 318 x 210 mm, on wove paper, 382 x 278 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Wahlenbergia gracilis A. Rich. [Wahlenbergia communis (Ca...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-190
Description: A stem with 9 leaves, 3 flowers and three buds. Previously thought to be Wahlenbergia gracilis. However, it is item A 5/218, in the British Museum (Natural History) Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 held in the British Museum. ATL has fiche of the drawings at Micro Art 29. Naming by S.N. may be based on a misunderstanding that all the examples in the folder were of New Zealand species, whereas in fact this is not necessarily so. Other Titles - Campanula simplicacaulis Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - (In ink): Wahlenbergia gracilis A. Rich.; Verso - beneath image - (In pencil - late 20th-century): See Allan, p. 788-9. / W. gracilis (Forst.f.) Schrad in Comm. Soc. Gott. recent, 1828. / Common in most of the New Zealand islands. W. gracilis var. australis is the blue-flowered grassland plant often seen about Wellington, Auckjland & N. Plymouth. Many other forms seen as well. S.N. [possibly Sheila Natusch]. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm. Provenance: British Museum.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Metrosideus, nodosa [Melaleuca nodosa (Myrtaceae) - Plate...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-119
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Asclepioider, numularia [Dischidia nummularia (Asclepiada...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-211
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Asclepias erassifolia [Hoya australis (Asclepiadaceae) - ...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-212
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Niclandia, pentaputala [Melaleuca thymifolia (Myrtaceae) ...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-115
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Aster acelirci [Olearia arguta (Compositae) - Plate 157]
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-157
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Epidendrum, canalienlatum [Dendrobium canaliculatum (Orch...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-315
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Senecio tricuspidatus [Senecio darwinii (Compositae) - Pl...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-711
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Barbatula, pateus [Leucopogon ericiodes (Epacridaceae) - ...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-194
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.