{"data": {"name": "Dr. Robert John Thornton", "nationality": "British", "description": "Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837)", "biography": null, "birth_year": "1768", "death_year": "1837", "id": 27182, "artworks": [{"id": 118187, "accession_number": "1939.291", "title": "The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily", "tombstone": "The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily, 1799\u20131807. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837), William Ward (British, 1776\u20131826). Mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, for the Donald Gray Memorial Collection, 1939.291", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.291"}, {"id": 118189, "accession_number": "1939.293", "title": "The Blue Passion-flower", "tombstone": "The Blue Passion-flower, 1799\u20131807. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). 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", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.293"}, {"id": 127072, "accession_number": "1949.405", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Persian Cyclamen", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Persian Cyclamen, 1799\u20131807. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends in memory of Mrs. Henry G. Keller, 1949.405", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.405"}, {"id": 127083, "accession_number": "1949.415", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  A Group of Auriculas", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  A Group of Auriculas, 1803. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple, and etching with watercolor added by hand. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1949.415", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.415"}, {"id": 127485, "accession_number": "1950.166", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  Blue Egyptian Waterlily", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  Blue Egyptian Waterlily, 1804. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Donald Gray Memorial Collection, 1950.166", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.166"}, {"id": 128284, "accession_number": "1951.276", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Pontic Rhododendron", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Pontic Rhododendron, 1799\u20131807. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1951.276", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.276"}, {"id": 129375, "accession_number": "1952.212", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The White Lily with Variegated Leaves", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The White Lily with Variegated Leaves, 1800. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Mrs. Ralph King, 1952.212", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.212"}, {"id": 129376, "accession_number": "1952.213", "title": "The American Cowslip, Plate 26", "tombstone": "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\u20131828), after Peter Charles Henderson (British, 1771\u20131829), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). 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", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.213"}, {"id": 130015, "accession_number": "1952.440", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Narrow-leaved Kalmia", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, 1804. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1952.440", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.440"}, {"id": 130016, "accession_number": "1952.441", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Nodding Renealmia", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Nodding Renealmia, 1801. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1952.441", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.441"}, {"id": 130017, "accession_number": "1952.442", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Blue Passion Flower", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Blue Passion Flower, 1800. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1952.442", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.442"}, {"id": 130018, "accession_number": "1952.443", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Obique-leaved Begonia", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Obique-leaved Begonia, 1800. James Caldwall (British, 1739\u2013after 1789), Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving, printed in colors and finished by hand. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1952.443", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.443"}, {"id": 130019, "accession_number": "1952.444", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The American Aloe", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The American Aloe, 1807. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1952.444", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.444"}, {"id": 130571, "accession_number": "1953.30", "title": "The Temple of the Flora: The Queen", "tombstone": "The Temple of the Flora: The Queen, 1804. R. Cooper (British), Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Color engraving, aquatint and stipple. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1953.30", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.30"}, {"id": 130597, "accession_number": "1953.32", "title": "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature: White Lily with Variegated Leaves", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature: White Lily with Variegated Leaves, published August 1, 1800. Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active 1780\u20131822), Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Color etching and aquatint hand-colored with watercolor; plate: 45.4 x 35.9 cm (17 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1953.32", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.32"}, {"id": 130608, "accession_number": "1953.33", "title": "The Temple of the Flora: American Bog Plants", "tombstone": "The Temple of the Flora: American Bog Plants, 1800\u201338. Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785\u20131838), Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Color engraving, aquatint, stipple. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1953.33", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.33"}, {"id": 130615, "accession_number": "1953.337", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  A Group of Auriculas", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  A Group of Auriculas, 1803. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1953.337", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.337"}, {"id": 130622, "accession_number": "1953.343", "title": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, Mountain Laurel", "tombstone": "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, Mountain Laurel, 1804. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William J. Eastman, 1953.343", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.343"}, {"id": 133056, "accession_number": "1955.479", "title": "Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16", "tombstone": "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\u20131822), after Philip Reinagle (British, 1749\u20131833), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). 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", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.479"}, {"id": 135760, "accession_number": "1959.294", "title": "Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769", "tombstone": "Botanical Extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769, 1808. Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785\u20131838), after Berardo Galiani (Italian, 1724\u20131774), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint with engraving; image: 43.1 x 54.5 cm (16 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.); sheet: 49 x 62.7 cm (19 5/16 x 24 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1959.294", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.294"}, {"id": 135761, "accession_number": "1959.295", "title": "Eruption of Mount Aetna in 1669", "tombstone": "Botanical Extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany: Eruption of Mount Aetna in 1669, 1809. Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785\u20131838), after Romagni (Italian?, 17th century?), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768\u20131837). Aquatint with engraving; image: 54.4 x 41.4 cm (21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.); sheet: 57.2 x 41.4 cm (22 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1959.295", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.295"}]}}