Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
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