'The Banksia pyriformis' mb-width 2759 looking directly to the viewer

looking directly to the viewer

when the legs are extended laterally

facing to the viewer's right and shown with long dark hair and a moustache

The procession is covered by an awning

This was once the residence of the poet Robert Bloomfield

'The Banksia pyriformis' mb-width 2759 looking directly to the viewerBotanical study of the woody pear (Xylomelum pyriforme) a tree native to Australia and first collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander. Plate 21 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text describes this plant as 'Banksia with solitary flowers, ovate downy capsules, and lance shaped entire smooth leaves'. The plate is inscribed: 'The Banksia pyriformis. Published as the Act