Dr. Robert Thornton
Bird of Paradise - Queen Flower, 1812
An original antique colour mixed method engraving
13 x 9 ½ in
33 x 24 cm
33 x 24 cm
FLORAp2606
Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise): Set in a romanticized landscape. Native to South Africa, it was brought to the Royal Botanic Gardens in the 1780s. The Temple of Flora...
Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise): Set in a romanticized landscape. Native to South Africa, it was brought to the Royal Botanic Gardens in the 1780s.
The Temple of Flora was one of the finest illustrated botanical works ever
produced with some thirty plates produced from 1798 to 1807. Thornton
put every penny into the venture which ended in financial disaster. In an
attempt to clear his debts, Thornton obtained the permission of Parliament to
organise a lottery with twenty-thousand tickets at two guineas each with
numerous ‘prizes’ including a smaller edition of the entire Temple of Flora.
The Temple of Flora was one of the finest illustrated botanical works ever
produced with some thirty plates produced from 1798 to 1807. Thornton
put every penny into the venture which ended in financial disaster. In an
attempt to clear his debts, Thornton obtained the permission of Parliament to
organise a lottery with twenty-thousand tickets at two guineas each with
numerous ‘prizes’ including a smaller edition of the entire Temple of Flora.
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