Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Pontic Rhododendron (from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799?1807)
1802
After Peter Charles Henderson
James Caldwall
Publisher Robert John Thornton
Platemark: 52.6 x 40 cm (20 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 56.7 x 45.2 cm (22 5/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Aquatint, stipple, and line engraving, printed in color and hand-colored
Classification: Prints
Place of Publication: London
Accession number: 2012.9
Provenance/Ownership History: By 1987, Schuster Gallery, London, 1987, 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