Blue Egyptian Water Lily (plate 31 from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora...", London, 1799–1807)

After: Peter Charles Henderson (English,active 1799–1829)
Joseph Constantine Stadler (English (born in Germany), active 1780–1822)
Publisher: Robert John Thornton (English (Ireland), 1768–1837)

1804

Place of Publication: London

Medium/Technique Aquatint, printed in color and hand colored

Dimensions Platemark: 51.9 x 39.7 cm (20 7/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 55.2 x 44.4 cm (21 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Mrs. James Alden Marsh

Accession Number2012.10

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsPrints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dunthorne 301, p. 251

DescriptionBlue Egyptian Water Lily, Pl. 31 from Dr. Robert John Thornton, "The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature". Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus. London, 1799-1807.

ProvenanceBy 2005, Donald A. Heald, New York; February 25, 2005 sold by Heald to Doris (Mrs. James Alden) Marsh (d. 2011), Marblehead, MA; 2011, gift of the estate of Mrs. Marsh to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: January 25, 2012)