File:SmithExcelsa.jpg
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| Description | Pōhutukawa, (Metrosideros excelsa), collected at Tolaga Bay, New Zealand, during Sir James Cook's first Pacific voyage on the Endeavour, 1768-1771. Coloured engraving, ink and watercolours on Paper. |
| Date | 1770s or 1780s |
| Source | The original image is available from the website of the Natural History Museum, London, here. This is a slightly cropped version that excludes a ruler that was placed along the base during imaging to indicate the actual size of the image. |
| Author | Gabriel Smith is the attributed artist, but it is likely that the work was heavily based on a partially coloured drawing by Sydney Parkinson, Sir Joseph Banks' botanical artist. |
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| current | 06:46, 5 January 2007 | | 855 × 1,278 (483 KB) | Kahuroa (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Botanical illustration of Pōhutukawa tree (''Metrosideros excelsa''), New Zealand. |Source=Captain James Cook's first Pacific voyage, 1768-1771 |Date=pre 1785 AD. |Author=Gabriel Smith pre 1785 AD |Permission=Public domain, ol |
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