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Print (Engraving) Cupid, Flora, Ceres, and Esculapius, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus, by Maddocks, after Russell, Published by Robert John Thornton, London, 1812

Inventory Number 14211


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14211

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Russell R.A. & Opie R.A. pinxt. Maddocks sculpt. Cupid, Flora, Ceres and Esculapius, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus. London, Pub'd Jan'y 1 1812 by Dr Thornton. Pencil annotation to bottom right corner recto: Property of R.T. Gunther. Pencil annotation verso: Frontispiece to Thornton's book. 1812.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Stipple engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 407mm Width: 320mm
Inventory No
14211

Description

Stipple engraved frontispiece to folio lottery edition of Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) Temple of Flora, or Garden of the botanist, poet, painter and philosopher (Dr Thornton, London, 1812).