IMAGE
Forster, Johann Georg Adam, 1754-1794 :Banksia. [1772?]
- Date
- 1772
- By
- Forster, Johann Georg Adam, 1754-1794
- Reference
- A-143-004
- Description
A pink banksia flowerhead with leaves
Believed to be by Georg Forster, who accompanied Cook on his second voyage. Cook did not visit Australia on his second voyage, and Forster must have copied one of the dried specimens taken back to London from the first voyage
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - initialled in ink: G F; Verso - top left in ink: No. 5. Top centre, in ink: Banksia
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white on board, 376 x 274 mm
Provenance: Possibly purchased by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour & Chinese white on board, 376 x 274 mm
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