Dr. Robert Thornton
Passion Flower - Quadrangular Passion Flower, 1812
An original antique colour mixed method engraving
12 x 9 ½ in
31 x 24 cm
31 x 24 cm
FLORAp3516
Passion Flower: The Quadrangular Passion Flower climbling a pillar. Widely cultivated in South America, its fruit the Granadilla was considered a delicacy. The Temple of Flora was one of the...
Passion Flower: The Quadrangular Passion Flower climbling a pillar. Widely cultivated in South America, its fruit the Granadilla was considered a delicacy.
The Temple of Flora was one of the finest illustrated botanical works ever
produced with some thirty plates produced from 1798 to 1807. Thornton
put every penny into the venture which ended in financial disaster. In an
attempt to clear his debts, Thornton obtained the permission of Parliament to
organise a lottery with twenty-thousand tickets at two guineas each with
numerous ‘prizes’ including a smaller edition of the entire Temple of Flora.
The Temple of Flora was one of the finest illustrated botanical works ever
produced with some thirty plates produced from 1798 to 1807. Thornton
put every penny into the venture which ended in financial disaster. In an
attempt to clear his debts, Thornton obtained the permission of Parliament to
organise a lottery with twenty-thousand tickets at two guineas each with
numerous ‘prizes’ including a smaller edition of the entire Temple of Flora.
