Forster, Johann Georg Adam, 1754-1794 :Banksia. [1772?]

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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