'The Banksia Serrata in Flower' mb-code 1619633 This painting forms plate 4

This painting forms plate 4 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula

Established in 1899

Charles Parnell

Gordon Taylor in a racing car surrounded by a crowd of men

19th October 1952

'The Banksia Serrata in Flower' mb-code 1619633 This painting forms plate 4Botanical study of Banksia serrata, a shrub native to Australia and first collected by Sir Joseph Banks. Plate 19 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'A very large cylindrical spike of flowers terminates each branch. Most of the flowers are abortive, a few only in each spike producing ripe feed.' The plate is inscribed: 'F P Nodder delin. The Banksia serrata in