Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
China Limodoron (from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799–1807)
1802
After Peter Charles Henderson
John Landseer
Publisher Robert John Thornton
Platemark: 52.9 x 40.4 cm (20 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 60.3 x 47.2 cm (23 3/4 x 18 9/16 in.)
Aquatint, stipple, and line, printed in color and hand colored
Classification: Prints
Place of Publication: London
Accession number: 2012.11
Provenance/Ownership History: By 1989, Schuster Gallery, London; June 20, 1989, sold by the Schuster Gallery, 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