Dr. Robert Thornton

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Dr. Robert Thornton was an English physician and botanical writer who devoted himself to the production of a folio illustrating the Linnean system of classification which categorized flowers according to their sexual characteristics (i.e. stamen and pistils). Thornton’s The Temple of Flora illustrates Linnean taxonomy through depictions of flowers against their native surrounding. While the production of the folio was costly, and Thornton did not receive the financial returns he had anticipated, The Temple of Flora is “one of the greatest prizes of collectors of fine flower-books” (Great Flower Books, 43).

$600.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 10, Tulips

$18,000.00

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 10, Tulips

$1,200.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 11, The Queen

$9,500.00

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 11, The Queen

$9,500.00

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 11, The Queen

$800.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 12, American Aloe

$6,000.00

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 12, The Aloe

$800.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 13, The Nodding Renealmia

$800.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 14, Night Blowing Cereus

$22,500.00

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 14, Night Blowing Cereus

$18,000.00

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 14, The Night – Blowing Cereus

$1,200.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

The Temple of Flora - Antique Originals

Thornton Pl. 15, The Oblique-leaved Begonia

$7,000.00

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 15, The oblique-leaved Begonia

$800.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print

Temple of Flora – Oppenheimer Kew Gardens Edition

Thornton Pl. 16, Large Flowering Sensitive Plant

$600.00

Kew Gardens Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Print Print