File: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.
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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.
Author Sydney Parkinson and John Frederick Miller
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(Reusing this file)		 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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