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Flora, Aesculapius, Ceres, with Cupid, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton, from the Original, Framed Art Print
Flora, Aesculapius, Ceres, with Cupid, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton, from the Original, Framed Art Print
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Original public domain image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitally enhanced from the original engraving published in London, 1807.
This magnificent engraving in full original colour was the crowning glory to 'The Temple of Flora', serving as the frontispiece for the monumental botanical work. The work is a stunning original mezzotint and coloured stipple aquatint of allegorical figures paying homage to a bust of the famed scientist, Carl Linnaeus. He was famous for his work in taxonomy, the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms, particularly plants. The richly coloured print was produced through an elaborate engraving technique using mezzotint, aquatint, etching and line engraving on a single plate.
Linnaeus is honoured by, from left to right, Asclepius (god of medicine), Cupid (god of desire, winged infant seated in foreground), Flora (goddess of flowers and a symbol of nature), and Ceres (goddess of agriculture). Flora offers a garland of flowers, while Ceres crowns the bust with a golden wreath, and an additional winged cupid sprinkles flowers from a cloud above the bust.
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