Banksia ericifolia watercolour from Bank's Florilegium, Sydney Parkinson, 1773

This is a watercolour-on-paper drawing of banksia ericifolia. The attributed artist is john frederick miller, but the work would have been heavily based on a partially coloured drawing by sydney parkinson, sir joseph banks' botanical artist who was present when the banksia genus was first collected at botany bay, australia. Date: 1773.