id:			133056
accession number:	1955.479
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.479
updated:		2024-09-14 11:06:54.824000

The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus: Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16, 1799. Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active 1780–1822), after Philip Reinagle (British, 1749–1833), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Etching with printed and hand-applied color, aquatint, stipple, and engraving; image: 44.2 x 35.8 cm (17 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.); plate: 47.5 x 36 cm (18 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.); sheet: 53.5 x 43.9 cm (21 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather 1955.479

title:				Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16
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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:			1799
creation date earliest:		1799
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather
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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
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catalogue raisonne: Dunthorne 301, p. 248; Nissen 1955

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CREATORS

* Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active 1780–1822)  - artist

* Philip Reinagle (British, 1749–1833)  - artist

* Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)  - publisher

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measurements: Image: 44.2 x 35.8 cm (17 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.); Plate: 47.5 x 36 cm (18 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 53.5 x 43.9 cm (21 1/16 x 17 5/16 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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Vixseboxse Art Galleries, Inc., Cleveland, OH, to The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?–1955
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: November 21, 1955–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Glaubinger, Jane. “Flower Power: The history of botanical prints has deep roots.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 3 (May/June 2016): 10-12.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10; Mentioned: p. 12.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-03

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