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The blue Egyptian water lily

Joseph Constantine STADLER (engraver), Peter HENDERSON (draughtsman)
The blue Egyptian water lily
 1804
plate XXI in the Temple of Flora by Dr Robert Thorton, self-published, London, 1798–1807

Medium
hand-coloured aquatint

Measurements
44.2 × 34.9 cm (image) 52.2 × 40.0 cm (plate) 55.0 × 43.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1958

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Grigson & Buchanan pl. XXXI

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: Henderson pinxt.
printed in ink below image l.r.: Stadler sculp.
printed in ink below image c.: The Blue Egyptian Water Lily.. / London. PUblished Septr 11 1804 by Dr Thornton
inscribed in pencil on reverse 3769-4

Accession Number
3769-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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