Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Large Flowering Sensitive Plant (from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799?1807)
1799
Publisher Robert John Thornton
After Phillipp Reinagle
Joseph Constantine Stadler
Platemark: 47.2 x 36 cm (18 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 59.4 x 46 cm (23 3/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Aquatint, stipple,and line engraving
Classification: Prints
Place of Publication: London
Accession number: 2012.12
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