Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Pontic Rhododendron
Robert John Thornton
- Date
- 1799–1807
- Medium
- aquatint, stipple and line engraving
- Culture
- England, late 18th-early 19th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In the 18th century, new engraving and etching techniques offered a variety of tonal effects that enhanced botanical prints. While mezzotint (in which the plate is roughened and then the engraver works from dark to light creating different values) and stipple (dots create values) make it possible to create the rich tonal scale and velvety texture of oil paint, aquatint imitates the delicacy and transparency of watercolor and ink wash.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
The Blue Passion-flower
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Nodding Renealmia
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Blue Passion Flower
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Persian Cyclamen
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, Mountain Laurel
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The White Lily with Variegated Leaves
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Narrow-leaved Kalmia
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Obique-leaved Begonia
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: Blue Egyptian Waterlily
Cleveland Museum of Art