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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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