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Thomas Warner (engraver)
Peter Henderson (draughtsman)
The American cowslip 1801
hand-coloured aquatint, stipple engraving
44.8 × 35.7 cm (image) 55.6 × 43.1 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953
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The American cowslip
1801
plate XXVI in the Temple of Flora by Dr Robert Thorton, self-published, London, 1798–1807
Medium
hand-coloured aquatint, stipple engraving
Measurements
44.8 × 35.7 cm (image) 55.6 × 43.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Grigson & Buchanan pl. XXVI i/iii
Edition
1st of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: Henderson del.
printed in ink below image l.r.: Warner sculp.
printed in ink below image c.: The American Cowslip. / London. Published May 1 1801 by Dr Thornton.
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 3035-4
Accession Number
3035.1-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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