ARTIST: Dr. Robert John Thornton
MEDIUM: Mezzotint printed in color and finished by hand,
DATE: 1798.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 3/8 x 13 15/16" (44 x 35.3 cm) plus title and margins.
DESCRIPTION: One of the most sought after images by Thornton.<br><br> Plate X from "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus." First state of two. Engraved by Earlom after the painting by Reinagle. This publication had 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: Framed. The image does not do the actual print justice. It is bright, beautiful and well colored example.
CONDITION: Good condition and color
REFERENCE: Dunthorne pp. 245-246.
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