Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Flora Dispensing her Favors (from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799?1807)
1807
After Maria Cosway
Thomas Woolnoth
Publisher Robert John Thornton
Platemark: 48.1 x 38.3 cm (18 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 57.2 x 44.1 cm (22 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.)
Aquatint and stipple engraving
Classification: Prints
Place of Publication: London
Accession number: 2012.8
Provenance/Ownership History: Doris (Mrs. James Alden) Marsh (d. 2011), Marblehead, MA; 2011, gift of the estate of Mrs. Marsh to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: January 25, 2012)
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. James Alden Marsh