Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012


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Blue Egyptian Water Lily (from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799–1807)

1804
After Peter Charles Henderson
Joseph Constantine Stadler
Publisher Robert John Thornton
Platemark: 51.9 x 39.7 cm (20 7/16 x 15 5/8 in.) Sheet: 55.2 x 44.4 cm (21 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Aquatint, printed in color and hand colored

Classification: Prints

Place of Publication: London

Accession number: 2012.10

Provenance/Ownership History: By 2005, Donald A. Heald, New York; February 25, 2005 sold by Heald to 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