[Drawings and lithographs prepared for the publications of Ferdinand von Mueller.]
Material type: Picture 1860s-1890sDescription: 104 items ; 50 x 31 cmContent type:- still image
- unmediated
- sheet
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Art Original | State Botanical Collection | Art Collection | RB MSS EFOL A24, Sol. Box 7, Bay 2 Shelf 5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | RBGM00005036 |
Collection comprises pencil sketches, lithographs (proofs), some with annotations by Mueller and others, depicting Australian plants, published in (or prepared for but not published) Mueller's works. Some have been mounted on Herbarium sheets. Publications include: Iconography of candolleaceous plants, Eucalyptographia, Plants indigenous to the colony of Victoria, Description and illustrations of the myoporinous plants of Australia; Iconography of Australian Acacias and cognate genera, Iconography of salsolaeceous plants. Artists: Richard Austen, Ludwig Becker, Robert Graff and Frederick Schoenfeld. A list of all items in the collection is included with the items.