'The Tea Tree of New South Wales' Size:S: 36 x 28cm USA 18th September 1997

USA 18th September 1997

The scene is based on the parable as recorded by St Luke

Mary Hopkins

(in the view of Mr Punch)

Poster for the XXth Exposition in the Salon des Cent

'The Tea Tree of New South Wales' Size:S: 36 x 28cm USA 18th September 1997Botanical 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.' Original: copperplate