id:			129376
accession number:	1952.213
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.213
updated:		2024-11-18 23:41:41.008000

The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus: The American Cowslip, Plate 26, 1801. Thomas Warner (English, active 1790–1828), after Peter Charles Henderson (British, 1771–1829), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Etching with printed and hand-applied color, aquatint, stipple, and engraving; image: 44.7 x 35.7 cm (17 5/8 x 14 1/16 in.); sheet: 55.3 x 46 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Mrs. Ralph King 1952.213

title:				The American Cowslip, Plate 26
title in original language:	
series:				The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus
series in original language:	
creation date:			1801
creation date earliest:		1801
creation date latest:		1801
current location:		101B Prints & Drawings
creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Mrs. Ralph King
copyright:			

---

culture:	England, late 18th-early 19th Century
technique:	Etching with printed and hand-applied color, aquatint, stipple, and engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Dunthorne 301, p. 250; Nissen 1955

---

CREATORS

* Thomas Warner (English, active 1790–1828)  - artist

* Peter Charles Henderson (British, 1771–1829)  - artist
British painter, active 1799, died 1829
* Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)  - publisher

---

measurements: Image: 44.7 x 35.7 cm (17 5/8 x 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 55.3 x 46 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		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).

	title:		Imagination in the Age of Reason
	opening date:   2024-09-28T04:00:00
	<i>Imagination in the Age of Reason</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 28, 2024-March 2, 2025).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	(Kennedy & Co. Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?–1952
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 23, 1952–
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.213/1952.213_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.213/1952.213_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.213/1952.213_full.tif