China Limodoron (Pl. 28 from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799–1807)

After: Peter Charles Henderson (English,active 1799–1829)
John Landseer (English, 1769?–1852)
Publisher: Robert John Thornton (English (Ireland), 1768–1837)

1802

Place of Publication: London

Medium/Technique Aquatint, stipple, and line, printed in color and hand colored

Dimensions 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.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Mrs. James Alden Marsh

Accession Number2012.11

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsPrints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dunthorne 301, p. 251; Nissen 1955

DescriptionThe China Limodorn. Pl. 28 from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature". Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus. London, 1799-1807.

ProvenanceBy 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)