Sold2017Winged Passion Flower ROBERT JOHN THORNTON Hand ColoredDetails: THORNTON, Robert John (circa 1768-1837) - Peter HENDERSON. The Winged Passion Flower. London: June 1st., 1802. Hand-coloured and colour-printed aquatint, stipple and line engraving by WarnerSee Sold Price
Sold2022TWO ANTIQUE BOTANICAL PRINTS FROM TEMPLE OF FLORATwo early 19th century hand colored aquatint engravings from Dr. Robert John Thornton's "The Temple of Flora". Includes "Indian Reed" and "The Winged Passion Flower". Both attractively mountedand framSee Sold Price
Sold2018Dr. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768-1837)Dr. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768-1837) Group of Four Hand-Colored Engravings from The Temple of Flora (1799-1812) including "The Indian Reed", "The Quadrangular Passion Flower", "Curious AmericSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Thornton, Robert John, The Blue Passion Flower[Prints] Thornton, Robert JohnThe Blue Passion FlowerLondon: Dr. Thornton, (ca. 1799-1807). Hand-colored aquatint and stipple engraving, by Caldwell after a painting by (Philip) Reinagle. Lightly toneSee Sold Price
Sold2017Thornton Begonia Quarto EditionThe Oblique-leaved Begonia. Dr. Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). Hand colored aquatint engraving, from the quarto edition of "The Temple of Flora", paper size . 15" x 11 ¾", dated Jan. 1st, 1812.See Sold Price
Sold2023Dr. Robert John Thornton, (2) botanical engravingsDr. Robert John Thornton, (2) botanical engravings, Dr. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768-1837), "The Night-Blowing Cereus", 1800, and "The Dragon Arum", 1801, hand-colored aquatints with stipple enSee Sold Price
Sold2023Dr. Robert John Thornton, (2) botanical engravingsDr. Robert John Thornton, (2) botanical engravings, Dr. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768-1837), "The American Aloe", 1807 and "American Bog Plants", 1806, hand-colored aquatints with stipple engravSee Sold Price
Sold2022TWO ANTIQUE BOTANICAL PRINTS FROM TEMPLE OF FLORATwo early 19th century hand colored aquatint engravings from Dr. Robert John Thornton's "The Temple of Flora". Includes "The Maggot-bearing Stapelia" and "A Group of Auriculas". Bothattractively mountSee Sold Price
Sold2019William Ward, plate from "Temple of Flora"William Ward, plate from "Temple of Flora", William Ward (1766-1826), "The Snowdrop", hand-colored mezzotint after Abraham Pether for Robert John Thornton's "Temple of Flora", London, 1804, unframed,See Sold Price
Sold2016Three plates from Thornton's Temple of FloraHeading: (Botanical color plates) Author: Thornton, Robert John Title: Three hand-colored aquatints from the 1812 quarto edition of Temple of Flora. - Roses, American Cowslip, & The Queen Flower PlaceSee Sold Price
Sold2021THORNTON TEMPLE OF FLORA PASSION FLOWER 1802Quadrangular passion flower. Original hand-colored mezzotint. Exceptionally fresh color. Dimensions: (Frame) H 29.25" x W 25", (Sight) H 20.75" x W 16.5" Condition: Fresh color. Some very light handliSee Sold Price
Sold2023Three Robert Thornton Botanical EngravingsRobert Thornton (British, 1768-1837). Three 19th C. botanical engravings to include the Quadrangular Passion Flower, marked "Hopwood Sculp." lower right, "Henderson", lower left; The Winged Passion FlSee Sold Price
Sold2023Dr. Robert John Thorton (British, 1763-1837)Botanical Print (Quadrangular Passion Flower), Aquatint and stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand, by Hopwood, after Henderson, final state of 3, 1802, Image: H 21 x W 15 inches; FrSee Sold Price
Sold2020Thornton, Robert 1812 Lot of 7 Prints. Passion FlowersCopper Plates Published 1812, London for "Elements of Botany" by Dr. Robert John Thonton. Paper Size: 9.5. x 6 inch (24 x 15cm) Minor toningSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Thornton, Robert John (publisher), The[Prints] Thornton, Robert John (publisher) The Quadrangular Passion Flower London, 1802. Aquatint and stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. Sheet: 21 3/16 x 16 3/8 in. (532 x 415 mSee Sold Price
Sold2017Lathyrus MagellanicusLathyrus magellanicus. Antique hand-colored engraving by Robert Sweet & John Lindley. Size: 9.75 x 6 inches From "Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery" - London, 1854 Please note that this lot has aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Orchid Prints Antique Set (6)Orchid botanical plants and flowers. Garden horticulture. Set of 6 Hand colored lithographs from John Nugent Fitch and Robert Warner, Orchid Album, London, Late 19th Century. 12" x 9 1/2".See Sold Price
Sold2019Thornton, Robert 1812 Lot of 7 Passion Flower PrintsCopper Plates Published 1812, London for "Elements of Botany" by Dr. Robert John Thonton. Paper Size: 9.5. x 6 inch (24 x 15cm) Good Condition overallSee Sold Price
Sold2021Thornton, Robert 1812 Lot of 4 Passion FlowersCopper Plates Published 1812, London for "Elements of Botany" by Dr. Robert John Thonton. Paper Size: 9.5. x 6 inch (24 x 15cm) Good ConditionSee Sold Price
Sold2017Oblique Leaved Begonia ROBERT JOHN THORNTON HandDetails: THORNTON, Robert John (circa 1768-1837). - Peter REINAGLE. The Oblique-Leaved Begonia. London: July 1st., 1800. Hand-coloured and colour-printed aquatint, stipple and line engraving by CaldwSee Sold Price
Sold2017Assorted Botanical and Fruit Prints(lot of 6) Assorted Botanical and Fruit Prints including After Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, 1780-1822), "The Blue Egyptian Water-Lily" and "The Blue Passion Flower," hand-colored etchings, allSee Sold Price
Sold2023Dr. Robert Thornton, publisher THE NIGHT-BLOWING CEREUS Hand-colored color mezzotint, from TheDr. Robert Thornton (1768-1837), publisher THE NIGHT-BLOWING CEREUS Hand-colored color mezzotint by Robert Dunkarton, from The Temple of Flora, London, 1800, framed by W. Graham Arader III. Plate 19 xSee Sold Price
Sold2022Robert John Thornton (1768-1837): TulipsRobert John Thornton (1768-1837): Tulips Aquatint with hand-coloring on wove paper, 1798, with label from W. Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, PA. 24 x 19 in. (sheet), 28 1/2 x 24 in. (frame). The CSee Sold Price
Sold2022(BOTANICAL.) Dr. Robert John Thornton. The Sacred Egyptian Bean.(BOTANICAL.) Dr. Robert John Thornton. The Sacred Egyptian Bean. Hand-finished color-printed aquatint and stipple-engraved plate from the folio edition of Thornton's Temple of Flora. Heavy wove paperSee Sold Price
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