A Banksia album : 200 years of botanical art
George, Alexander S., 1939-2011
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With their bold flowering and fruiting spikes, banksias remain a favourite among artists and gardeners alike. A Banksia Album features over 90 stunning full-colour reproductions of watercolours, pencil and sepia-wash drawings, colour prints and early hand-coloured engravings and lithographs of banksias from the National Library of Australia's collections. A Banksia Album covers over two centuries of botanical illustration, from 1770 when the Endeavour's artist, Sydney Parkinson, was the first European to make drawings of banksias at Botany Bay, to 2007 with two prints of Banksia rosserae by Celia Rosser.
Main title:
A Banksia album : 200 years of botanical art / Alex George.
Imprint:
Canberra : National Library of Australia, ©2011.
Collation:
128 p. : chiefly col. ill., 1 port. ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes list of illustrations (p. 124-128)
ISBN:
9780642277398
Dewey class:
583.890994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
194949
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft | 583.890994 GEO | Available |