Image:Banksia serrata watercolour from Bank's Florilegium.jpg

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Description

This is a watercolour-on-paper drawing of Banksia serrata. The attributed artist is John Frederick Miller, but the work would have been heavily based on a partially coloured sketch by Sydney Parkinson, Sir Joseph Banks' botanical artist who was present when the species was first collected at Botany Bay, Australia.
Source

The original image is available from the website of the Natural History Museum, London, here. This image is a slightly cropped version that removes a ruler that was placed along the base during imaging to indicate the actual size of the image.
Date

1773
Author

Sydney Parkinson and John Frederick Miller
Permission
(Reusing this image)

It is in the public domain worldwide.
Other versions An engraving of this image by Gabriel Smith is available as Image:Banksia serrata from Bank's Florilegium.jpg.

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