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MacKenzie was principal engraver of Sydney Parkinson's drawings for Banks' Florilegium.
He produced over 250 of the 738 plates. MacKenzie lived at Joseph Banks' house in Soho Square, London.
References: Blunt & W.T.Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration 2nd edn (1994); H.Hewson Australia - 300 Years of Botanical Illustration (1999)
Source: extracted from: George, Alex (2011) A Banksia Album – two hundred years of botanical art, National Library of Australia, Canberra