Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10581
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‘The Tea Tree of New South Wales’
Date
1790
Creator
Frederick Polydore Nodder (1710 - 1804, British) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
22426
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 292mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of the leaves of the Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) with front and back studies (figures A and B) of a leaf from the Sweet Sarsaparilla, (Smilax glyciphylla), both native to Australia.
Plate 24 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales...by John White (J.Debrett, London, 1790).
The plate is inscribed: “The Tea Tree of New South Wales. London Published as the Act directs Dec: 29, 1789, by I.Debrett.”
“The Public may rely, with the most perfect confidence, on the care and accuracy with which the Drawings have been copied from nature, by Miss Stone, Mr.Catton, Mr.Nodder, and other artists; and the Editor flatters himself the Engravings are all executed with equal correctness, by, or under the immediate inspection of Mr.Milton. The Birds, &c. from which the drawings were taken are deposited in the Leverian Museum.”
Plate 24 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales...by John White (J.Debrett, London, 1790).
The plate is inscribed: “The Tea Tree of New South Wales. London Published as the Act directs Dec: 29, 1789, by I.Debrett.”
“The Public may rely, with the most perfect confidence, on the care and accuracy with which the Drawings have been copied from nature, by Miss Stone, Mr.Catton, Mr.Nodder, and other artists; and the Editor flatters himself the Engravings are all executed with equal correctness, by, or under the immediate inspection of Mr.Milton. The Birds, &c. from which the drawings were taken are deposited in the Leverian Museum.”
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