Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769
Gift of Robert Hays Gries
Catalogue
- Year
- 1803
- Medium
- aquatint with engraving
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- 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
- 1803
- Medium
- aquatint with engraving
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1803-336698
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified