ARTIST: Dr. Robert John Thornton
PUBLISHER: Published by Dr. Robert John Thornton, London.
MEDIUM: Mezzotint engraving,
DATE: 1801. (1810)
EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 5/16 x 13 3/4" (44 x 35 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Printed in color and finished by hand. Plate XXII from "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus." Forth of four states. Engraved by Ward after the painting by Henderson.<br><br> This fine publication had a total of thirty-one plates. They are among the most important and most beautiful botanical prints ever published.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Printed in H. Smith 1810" watermarked paper.
CONDITION: Very good condition and color. A very nice example.
REFERENCE: #301 in "Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th Centuries" by Gordon Dunthorne.
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