Banksia Marcescens, by Redoute

An image of Banksia Marcescens. Detail studies in graphite of sections of flower head, numbered. Redouté, Pierre Joseph (Flemish, 1759-1840). Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on vellum, margins ruled in red and gold ink, height 465 mm, width 348 mm, 1813.

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Banksia Marcescens. Detail studies in graphite of sections of flower head, numbered. Redouté, Pierre Joseph (Flemish, 1759-1840). Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on vellum, margins ruled in red and gold ink, height 465 mm, width 348 mm, 1813.

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Accession Number: PD.122-1973.48
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 781 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 472.59kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:05:12 16:31:00

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19th Century Angiosperms banksia Banksia Marcescens Banksia praemorsa bodycolour botanical cut-leaf banksia Fitz_PDP Flemish floral flowers leaves Linnean Pierre Joseph Redoute plants Redoute shrub shrubs vellum watercolour

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