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Auction archive: Lot number 54

THORNTON, Robert John. [A series of plates from New Illustration of the Sexual System of... Linnaeus... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. ] London: R. J. Thornton, 1798-1805.

Auction 24.05.1995
24 May 1995
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$9,529 - US$12,705
Price realised:
£7,130
ca. US$11,323
Auction archive: Lot number 54

THORNTON, Robert John. [A series of plates from New Illustration of the Sexual System of... Linnaeus... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. ] London: R. J. Thornton, 1798-1805.

Auction 24.05.1995
24 May 1995
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$9,529 - US$12,705
Price realised:
£7,130
ca. US$11,323
Beschreibung:

THORNTON, Robert John. [A series of plates from New Illustration of the Sexual System of... Linnaeus... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. ] London: R. J. Thornton, 1798-1805. 10 plates, colour-printed in aquatint and mezzotint and partially finished by hand. Each plate framed and glazed. Sold not subject to return. [ Comprising :] Earlom (engraver) after Thornton. Roses. October 1st, 1805. ("Possibly aesthetically and certainly commercially the most important [plate] in the collection", Grigson and Buchanan, p.15). Earlom (engraver) after Reinagle. Tulips. May 1, 1798. Stadler (engraver) after Reinagle. Large Flowering Sensitive Plant. Dec. 1, 1799. Third state. Hopwood (engraver) after Henderson. The Quadrangular Passion Flower. June 1st, 1802. Third state. Earlom (engraver) after Reinagle. The Superb Lily. June 1, 1799. Third state. Stadler (engraver) after Henderson. The Maggot-bearing Stapelia. July 1, 1801. Second state. Warner (engraver) after Henderson. The American Cowslip. May 1, 1801. First or second state. Caldwall (engraver) after Reinagle. The Narrow-leaved Kalmia. June 1, 1804. Landseer (engraver) after Henderson. The China Limodoron. Feb. 1st, 1802. Caldwall (engraver) after Henderson. The Indian Reed. 1804. Second state. (10)

Auction archive: Lot number 54
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

THORNTON, Robert John. [A series of plates from New Illustration of the Sexual System of... Linnaeus... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. ] London: R. J. Thornton, 1798-1805. 10 plates, colour-printed in aquatint and mezzotint and partially finished by hand. Each plate framed and glazed. Sold not subject to return. [ Comprising :] Earlom (engraver) after Thornton. Roses. October 1st, 1805. ("Possibly aesthetically and certainly commercially the most important [plate] in the collection", Grigson and Buchanan, p.15). Earlom (engraver) after Reinagle. Tulips. May 1, 1798. Stadler (engraver) after Reinagle. Large Flowering Sensitive Plant. Dec. 1, 1799. Third state. Hopwood (engraver) after Henderson. The Quadrangular Passion Flower. June 1st, 1802. Third state. Earlom (engraver) after Reinagle. The Superb Lily. June 1, 1799. Third state. Stadler (engraver) after Henderson. The Maggot-bearing Stapelia. July 1, 1801. Second state. Warner (engraver) after Henderson. The American Cowslip. May 1, 1801. First or second state. Caldwall (engraver) after Reinagle. The Narrow-leaved Kalmia. June 1, 1804. Landseer (engraver) after Henderson. The China Limodoron. Feb. 1st, 1802. Caldwall (engraver) after Henderson. The Indian Reed. 1804. Second state. (10)

Auction archive: Lot number 54
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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