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Robert John Thornton

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Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) was an English physician and botanical writer, noted for A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnæus (1797–1807) and "The British Flora" of 1812.

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Artworks (7)

Eruption of Mount Aetna in 1669

1804 · aquatint with engraving

Image: 54.4 x 41.4 cm (21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 57.2 x 41.4 cm (22 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas

1803 · aquatint, stipple, and etching with watercolor added by hand

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769

1803 · aquatint with engraving

Image: 43.1 x 54.5 cm (16 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.); Sheet: 49 x 62.7 cm (19 5/16 x 24 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Blue Passion-flower

1799 · aquatint, stipple, line engraving, etching and roulette

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Pontic Rhododendron

1799 · aquatint, stipple and line engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily

1799 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16

1799 · Etching with printed and hand-applied color, aquatint, stipple, and engraving

Image: 44.2 x 35.8 cm (17 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.); Plate: 47.5 x 36 cm (18 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 53.5 x 43.9 cm (21 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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7 published of 7 catalogued · 7 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Blue Passion-flower
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas
1803 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Pontic Rhododendron
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Eruption of Mount Aetna in 1669
1804 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769
1803 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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