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Sir Joseph Banks. Beautiful hand-coloured engraved portrait. Tallis c1853.

Sir Joseph Banks. Beautiful hand-coloured engraved portrait. Tallis c1853.

by John Tallis & Company

Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B: P.R.S. Ob.1820. Engraved for Tallis & Company.

Original fine stippled steel engraving by Henry Robinson (fl.1827-1872), from the original of Sir Thomas Lawrence in the British Museum. Published in London circa 1853 by John Tallis & Company, London & New York, for Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Tallis & Company were renowned for the decorative engraved borders they added to their engraved maps and prints. This would be one of the most exquisitely detailed decorative border ever to have been engraved. It is a superbly hand-coloured engraving!

Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was president of the Royal Society in London. At the age of 27, Banks accompanied James Cook on the combined Royal Navy-Royal Society scientific expedition to the south seas (for which Banks contributed over half the cost of the voyage). During the navigation and charting of the east coast of Australia, Banks was responsible for collecting and recording many of Australia's unique flora and fauna.

Engraved area of page is 18 x 23cm (approximately 7 x 9 inches). 

Stock Number: appor.BanksPrice: $110.00

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