Auction: October 18, 2020

Lot #85: Oppenheimer Gardens Edition "The Temple of Flora" by Robert John Thorton

Published in 2003, twelve etchings with aquatint and hand coloring including "The Maggot-bearing Stapelia", "The White Lily", "Pitcher Plant", "The Dragon Arum", "The Quadrangular Passion Flower", "The Blue Passion Flower", "A Group of Auriculas", "American Bog-Plants", "The Snowdrop", "The American Cowslip" and "Flora Dispensing Her Favours on the Earth"; numbered 252/500, 253/500, 254/500 and stamped Professor Peter R. Crane signature on the back of each one; all housed in a portfolio