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

Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)

Title	The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas
Artist	Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)
Date	1803
Medium	aquatint, stipple, and etching with watercolor added by hand
Classification	Print
Origin	England, late 18th-early 19th Century

Themes: Botanical illustration

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“The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas” is a work by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837), dated 1803. It is executed in aquatint, stipple, and etching with watercolor added by hand and classified as print. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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