A GROUP OF CARNATIONS.
Dr. Robert John Thornton
Artist's BiographyA Group of Carnations.
Stipple and line engraving printed in color and finished by hand. 1803
Image size 18 3/8 x 14 3/8" (46.8 x 36.4 cm)
Good condition and color. Some reinforcement along right plate line. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 99809
Price: SOLD Publisher : London Published April 2nd. 1803 by Dr. Thornton. One of the great images by Thornton.
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 was published between 1797 and 1807 and had a total of thirty-one plates. They are among the most important (and most beautiful) botanical prints ever published. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Dr. Robert John Thornton
