The Blue Passion Flower
Robert John Thornton
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Robert John Thornton
Robert John Thornton (1768–1837), an English physician, published “The Temple of Flora” (1799–1807), a book of dramatic flower portraits set in landscapes. The flowers here include “The Blue Passion Flower”, “The Hyacinths”, “A Group of Carnations”, “The Superb Lily”, “The Roses” and “Tulips”, along with “The Narrow-Leaved Kalmia” and “The Nodding Renealmia”.
The Queen Plant
Robert John Thornton
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The Hyacinths
Robert John Thornton
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A Group of Carnations
Robert John Thornton
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The Hyacinth
Robert John Thornton
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The Superb Lily
Robert John Thornton
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The Roses
Robert John Thornton
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Tulips
Robert John Thornton
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The Narrow-Leaved Kalmia
Robert John Thornton
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The China Limodorum
Robert John Thornton
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The Nodding Renealmia
Robert John Thornton
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“The Temple of Flora” was the third part of Thornton’s larger work on the Linnaean system of plant classification. He commissioned painters such as Philip Reinagle and Peter Henderson to set each flower in a fitting landscape, and the plates were engraved in aquatint, mezzotint and stipple, printed in colour and finished by hand. The cost nearly ruined him; in 1811 he ran a lottery with the original paintings among the prizes.
The settings matter as much as the flowers. “The Queen Plant” shows the bird-of-paradise flower, named after Queen Charlotte; songbirds and a nest accompany “The Roses”; the superb lily and the China limodorum, an orchid, rise against dark, misty landscapes. Each plate is made to order in Berlin as a giclée print with pigment inks, on matte 210 g/m² fine art paper or 400 g/m² cotton canvas, A4 to A0.