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Description This is an image of Plate 4633 from Volume 78 of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, entitled "Dryandra nobilis. Handsome Dryandra". The species depicted is now known as Banksia nobilis (Golden Dryandra). The accompanying text contains the caption "Flowers:— magnified." in reference to the smaller image in the background on the left.
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Source It was taken from the Biodiversity Heritage Library's online scan of the volume, available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31753002721527.
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Walter Hood Fitch  (1817–1892)  wikidata:Q1102060 s:en:Author:Walter Hood Fitch
 
Walter Hood Fitch
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W. H. Fitch; Walter H. Fitch; Fitch; Fitch, W. H.; Walter Fitch; W. Fitch
Description British engraver and botanist
Date of birth/death 28 February 1817 Edit this at Wikidata 14 January 1892 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Glasgow London
Work period 1834-1888
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creator QS:P170,Q1102060
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