A Group of Carnations.

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• ARTIST: Dr. Robert John Thornton

• PUBLISHER: London Published April 2nd. 1803 by Dr. Thornton.

• MEDIUM: Stipple and line engraving printed in color and finished by hand.

  DATE: 1803.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 3/8 x 14 3/8" (46.8 x 36.4 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: One of the great images by Thornton.<br><br> From "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus." Engraved by Caldwell, sculpt. Drawn by Henderson, pinxt. This publication, which spanned between 1797 and 1807, featured a total of thirty-one plates. They are among the most important (and most beautiful) botanical prints ever published.<br><br> "One of the best examples of colour printing, often as many as four colours are printed from the one plate at one time. " - G. Dunthorn.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition and color. Some reinforcement along right plate line.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Other Plants