Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather
Catalogue
- Year
- 1799
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Robert John Thornton
Artist

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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- Robert John Thornton
- Year
- 1799
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1799-336700
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
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- Status
- verified