Tea Plant of New Zealand
1777
Engraving on paper
220 x 175mm
Plate No. XXII from James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World (London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777). Other plates from the series can be viewed here.
This engraving depicts the mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) or New Zealand tea tree. It is often assumed to be after a drawing by Johann Georg Adam Forster or William Hodges.
Provenance
2025–
Fletcher Trust Collection, purchased from Art + Object, Tāmaki Makaurau, 9 December 2025, lot 94
?–2025
Unknown