The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature, The American Cowslip
Artist
Thomas Warner
English, active 1790 - 1828
Artist
Peter Charles Henderson
British, active 1799 - 1829
Date1801
MediumEtching with printed and hand-applied color, aquatint, stipple, and engraving
Dimensions21 5/8 in x 17 7/8 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1971.15.2
DescriptionVertical composition showing a close view of a plant, in flower, in a landscape. The plant has a rosette of leaves at its base, long thin vertical stem, and umbel of nodding, pink, comet-like flowers with head and trailing tail. There are rocks in the foreground and middle ground. In the upper left corner and middle ground, there is a view of a body of water with two ships and a sky with clouds above them.On View
On viewCollections
Joseph Constantine Stadler
1801
THOMAS ADDISON RICHARDS, 1820-1900
July 19, 1853; July 27, 1853
