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The Oblique-Leaved Begonia.
Reinagle pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published July 1, 1800 by Dr. Thornton.
Coloured aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15") very large margins. Two small tears in margin.
'Begonia nitidia', introduced from Jamaica by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Cook's first circumnaviation. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne: p. 248, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 53465] £850.00
Reinagle pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published July 1, 1800 by Dr. Thornton.
Coloured aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15") very large margins. Two small tears in margin.
'Begonia nitidia', introduced from Jamaica by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Cook's first circumnaviation. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne: p. 248, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 53465] £850.00
The Pontic Rhododendron.
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item
The Quadrangular Passion Flower.
Henderson pinx.t. Hopwood sculp.t.
London. Published by Dr Thornton June 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to have the plant in its natural habitat. Although originally from South America the plant is shown here climbing a column, with a Grecian temple in the background.
State iii of iii. Dunthorne, p.251: "One of the best examples of colour printing".
[Ref: 55285] £950.00
Henderson pinx.t. Hopwood sculp.t.
London. Published by Dr Thornton June 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to have the plant in its natural habitat. Although originally from South America the plant is shown here climbing a column, with a Grecian temple in the background.
State iii of iii. Dunthorne, p.251: "One of the best examples of colour printing".
[Ref: 55285] £950.00
The Snowdrop.
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00
The Superb Lily.
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
The White Lily with Variegated-leaves.
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published Aug.t 1, 1800, by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 400mm, 21¼ x 16". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), native of the Middle East, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here the plant is growing under the shadow of trees, with a clearing behind with a Grecian temple. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 249, state i of iv.
[Ref: 52905] £650.00
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published Aug.t 1, 1800, by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 400mm, 21¼ x 16". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), native of the Middle East, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here the plant is growing under the shadow of trees, with a clearing behind with a Grecian temple. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 249, state i of iv.
[Ref: 52905] £650.00
The White Lily with Variegated-leaves.
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published Aug.t 1, 1800, by Dr. Thornton.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 400mm, 21¼ x 16", with large margins.
Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), native of the Middle East, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here the plant is growing under the shadow of trees, with a clearing behind with a Grecian temple. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. He took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 249, state i of iv.
[Ref: 58696] £850.00
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published Aug.t 1, 1800, by Dr. Thornton.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 400mm, 21¼ x 16", with large margins.
Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), native of the Middle East, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here the plant is growing under the shadow of trees, with a clearing behind with a Grecian temple. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. He took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 249, state i of iv.
[Ref: 58696] £850.00
No. 30. The Juniper. The Forest of Fontainbleau. Datur Hora Quieti 1868.
Geo. Barnard delt 1868. M&N Hanhart Imp.
London, Published by Winsor & Newton Rathbone Place April 1868.
Very fine coloured lithograph. 348 x 513mm (13¾ x 20¼").
The forest of Fontainbleau southeast of Paris, from 'Barnard’s Trees', which illustrated 30 trees ' Drawn on stone by the author, with foreign and home scenes of interest, and short descriptive letter press'. George Barnard, a drawing master at Rugby School, is best known for his 'Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-Colours'.
[Ref: 19293] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Barnard delt 1868. M&N Hanhart Imp.
London, Published by Winsor & Newton Rathbone Place April 1868.
Very fine coloured lithograph. 348 x 513mm (13¾ x 20¼").
The forest of Fontainbleau southeast of Paris, from 'Barnard’s Trees', which illustrated 30 trees ' Drawn on stone by the author, with foreign and home scenes of interest, and short descriptive letter press'. George Barnard, a drawing master at Rugby School, is best known for his 'Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-Colours'.
[Ref: 19293] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Trees from Boim. The Su ping. The Chew kû or Goyavas. No. 143. Vol. IV Plate 45.p. 292.
J. Wood Sculp.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Engraving. Sheet: 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A diagram of two fruit trees from 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels', printed for Thomas Astley 1745.
[Ref: 50410] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
J. Wood Sculp.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Engraving. Sheet: 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A diagram of two fruit trees from 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels', printed for Thomas Astley 1745.
[Ref: 50410] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Waratah, Native of Tasmania.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Watercolour. In ink Mary Ann from Sarah. Sheet: 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾''). Laid on album sheet.
An amateur watercolour of a Tasmanian waratah, a shrub with bright red flowers which is native to Tasmania.
[Ref: 51068] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Watercolour. In ink Mary Ann from Sarah. Sheet: 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾''). Laid on album sheet.
An amateur watercolour of a Tasmanian waratah, a shrub with bright red flowers which is native to Tasmania.
[Ref: 51068] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Vue intérieure de la Serre Victoria, dans l'Etablissement Van Houtte. VII, 654-5b.
Off. Lith. & pict. in Horto van Houtteano.
[n.d, c.1850.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 170 x 255mm (6¾ x 10").
A view in a greenhouse containing giant waterlilies or Victoria amazonica in the gardens of Belgian horticulturist Louis van Houtte (1810-1876). An illustration from van Houtte's horticultural journal 'Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe' 1845-1888.
[Ref: 47247] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Off. Lith. & pict. in Horto van Houtteano.
[n.d, c.1850.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 170 x 255mm (6¾ x 10").
A view in a greenhouse containing giant waterlilies or Victoria amazonica in the gardens of Belgian horticulturist Louis van Houtte (1810-1876). An illustration from van Houtte's horticultural journal 'Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe' 1845-1888.
[Ref: 47247] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Weeping Willow.
Pub, July 1. 1814, by W.H. Pyne, Cecil Street, Strand.
Soft ground etching in sepia, image 245 x 320mm. Trimmed into plate lower left, ink stains upper left (outside image).
The artist is John Robert Cozens (1752 - 1797), son of Alexander Cozens (1717 - 1786), the drawing master and landscape-painter in water-colours. From the 1814 edition of his 'Series of 13 Trees' first published in 1789.
[Ref: 8010] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Pub, July 1. 1814, by W.H. Pyne, Cecil Street, Strand.
Soft ground etching in sepia, image 245 x 320mm. Trimmed into plate lower left, ink stains upper left (outside image).
The artist is John Robert Cozens (1752 - 1797), son of Alexander Cozens (1717 - 1786), the drawing master and landscape-painter in water-colours. From the 1814 edition of his 'Series of 13 Trees' first published in 1789.
[Ref: 8010] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)