- Subject
- Print Collection
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Robert J. Thornton
- 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
- 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).
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