id:			118189
accession number:	1939.293
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.293
updated:		2025-12-21 05:52:34.869000

The Blue Passion-flower, 1799–1807. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Aquatint, stipple, line engraving, etching and roulette. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, for the Donald Gray Memorial Collection, 1939.293

title:				The Blue Passion-flower
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creation date:			1799–1807
creation date earliest:		1799
creation date latest:		1807
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, for the Donald Gray Memorial Collection
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culture:	England, late 18th-early 19th Century
technique:	aquatint, stipple, line engraving, etching and roulette
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
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* Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1959-12-03T05:00:00
	<i>40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).

	title:		Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1960-05-25T04:00:00
	<i>Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).

	title:		Flower Prints
	opening date:   1965-05-07T04:00:00
	<i>Flower Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 7-June 6, 1965).

	title:		The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review
	opening date:   1970-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).

	title:		The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints
	opening date:   1983-05-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-July 31, 1983).

	title:		The Flowering of the Botanical Print
	opening date:   2016-03-26T00:00:00
	<i>The Flowering of the Botanical Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).

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