Johnson undertook this project with a State Library of Victoria 'Creative Fellowship' in 2012, drawing on early botanical illustrations by Sydney Parkinson, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Ferdinand Bauer and others from the Library's 'Rare Books' Collection. Johnson printed this series in 2013 while working as artist in residence at Baldessin Press, St. Andrews. 'Voyages Botanical' celebrates the untamed treasures of Australia’s (Nillumbik) vast native flower garden. The work speaks to Nillumbik's natural environment and colonial heritage in the context of our national story. Charcoal solander box with artwork title, artist name and flower motif in silver lettering bottom centre (edition 4/5). Catalogue: 52 colour pages. Solar plate engravings x 30; ink on paper. Series A: Ten multi-layered solar plate engravings (edition of 12); Series B: Ten flower images drawn from living specimens (edition of 12); Series C: Ten details from early botanical art engravings (open edition) Charcoal solander box with artwork title, artist name and flower motif in silver lettering bottom centre. Solar plate engravings x 30: Series A, B: all prints have edition number '4/12' to bottom left of image, artwork title () centre and artist signature 'Christine Johnson 2014' to bottom right of image. Series C: all prints have artist initials signed 'CJ' bottom right of images. All inscriptions in pencil. johnson, solar plate, engravings, creative fellowship, baldessin press, state library of victoria, botanical, flora, native, european explorers, cartography, wildflowers

Netherlands 1558 - 1617Engraving B.72

This filter is part of a complete set of a German gas mask dating to the First World War. This may have been a spare filter which was attached to a mask.Metal cylindrical filter with removable screw on lid. Lid has perforated edges presumably for grip and a cast inscription on top. Lid twists to remove and gives view of interior filter of wire mesh and other material. This section in turn screws onto mask. Base of filter has mesh layers of varying sizes and appears to have once had a paper cover which may have been torn off upon first use; small pieces of paper still attached.Engraving on lid reads "GJB".german, germany, world war i, world war 1, first world war, the great war, chemical warfare, gas mask, gas warfare, mustard gas