id:			129376
accession number:	1952.213
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.213
updated:		2024-04-17 11:08:32.252000

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. Engraved by Thomas Warner (English, active 1790–1828), after Peter Charles Henderson (British, 1771–1829), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Aquatint, stipple, and line 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
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series:				The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus
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creation date:			1801
creation date earliest:		1801
creation date latest:		1801
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Mrs. Ralph King
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culture:	England, late 18th-early 19th Century
technique:	aquatint, stipple, and line engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Dunthorne 301, p. 250; Nissen 1955

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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

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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.)
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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).

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