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Thornton: New illustration, Botanical extracts, Temple of Flora : Comparison of plates Plate title New illustration Botanical extracts Temple 1812 Pub. date Hyacinths Copy 1: vol. II (142) (3) A group of June 1801 Copy 2: (30) hyacinths [Temple 1 Jan 1812] Artist: S. Edwards. Engraver: Warner. First state, aquatint with flowers in stipple, river irregular. [Query: is there an additional state? See copy 2] Second state (copy 1): foreground brown, with added bushes; far riverbank straight. Engraver (1812): Gaugain. A Group of Roses Copy 1: vol. II (143) (2) 1 Octr 1805 Copy 2: (31) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artist: Robert John Thornton. Engraver: Earlom. Mezzotint and line. First state: individual twigs discernible; second state (copies 1 & 2): added mezzotint makes outlines blurred. Many variations in colouring. Engraver (1812): R. Roffe. A Group of Carnations Copy 1: vol. II (144) (7) 2 April 1803 Copy 2: (32) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. Very minor alterations until 1810, when reworked and partly re-engraved: background entirely removed and replaced by bluish wash. Colouring varies; 1810, carelessly applied. Engraver (1812): Maddox. A Group of Auriculas Copy 1: vol. II (145) (5) 1 May 1803 [Version 1] Copy 2: (33) 1 May 1807 [Version 2] [Temple 1 Jany 1812] TWO DISTINCT VERSIONS. VERSION 1: Artist: Henderson. Engravers: Lewis and Hopwood. Four auriculas. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state: three eagles at top of plate, mountains distinct. Second state: eagles removed, mountains darker and less distinct. Often bears oxidation marks. VERSION 2: Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Sutherland. Two auriculas. Aquatint. First state: fir trees hardly visible. Second state (copies 1 & 2): firs aquatinted to make them stand out more; auriculas reworked. Engraver (1812): Stadler. A Group of Tulips Copy 1: vol. II (146) (4) 1 May 1798 Copy 2: (34) [Temple 1 Septr 1811] Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Earlom. Mezzotint. First state (copy 2): windmill scarcely visible, foreground fields undefined. Second state (copy 1): fields reworked and bushes added; windmill stands out; sky reworked. Engraver (1812): Wm. Dunkarton. The Queen [Strelitzia] Copy 1: vol. II (147) (10) The 1 Feby 1804 [Version 1] Copy 2: (35) Queen Flower 1 Jany 1812 [version 2] [Temple 1 Jany 1812] TWO VERSIONS. VERSION 1. Artist: Henderson. Engraver: R. Cooper. Stipple and line. One state only (copy 2). VERSION 2, as The Queen Flower. Artist: Reinagle. One state only (copy 1). No engraver’s name (1812 ditto). The Aloe Copy 1: vol. II (148) (14) 1 May 1798 [Version 1] Copy 2: (36) 1 May 1807 [Version 2] [Temple 1 Septr 1811] Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Medland. Aquatint and line. First state (copy 2): pink tinge in sky. Second state: sky and aloe reworked, hard horizon. REVISED 1807 as The American Aloe. Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Medland. One state only (copy 1). Engraver (1812): Quilley.
Thornton: New illustration, Botanical extracts, Temple of Flora : Comparison of plates Plate title New illustration Botanical extracts Temple 1812 Pub. date The Nodding Renealmia Copy 1: vol. II (149) (18) 1 Novr 1801 Copy 2: (37) [Temple 1 Jany 1812) Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): mountains indistinct. Second state (copy 1): mountains stronger in outline, aquatint added to foreground. Engraver (1812): Roffe. The Night-blowing Cereus Copy 1: vol. II (150) (9) 20 May 1800 Copy 2: (38) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artists: Flower by Reinagle, Moon-light by Pether. Engraver: Dunkarton. TWO VERSIONS. VERSION A: Dark spot in centre of Cereus; clock has no band for hour figures; minute hand covers dot between XII and I; flourish of T in title cuts through ht of moonlight. First state: clock face light, ripples in water straight. Second state (copy 1): added mezzotint on petals; clock face darker, ripples wavy. VERSION B (copy 2: uncertain which state): Dot between XII and I visible, band for hour figures, no dark spot in Cereus; flourish of T does not touch “moonlight”. Two states, second state adding lines to tree foliage, outer petals, and water bank. (1812: Reinagle only listed as artist, no engraver’s name.) The Oblique-leaved Begonia Copy 1: vol.II (151) (24) 1 July 1800 Copy 2: (39) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. Minor variations in state as plate eroded. Begonias colour-printed in early impressions. Mountains started as pure aquatint, later strengthened by added line. Often bear oxidation marks. Engraver (1812): Maddox. Large Flowering Sensitive Plant Copy 1: vol. II (152) (8) 1 Decr 1799 Copy 2: (40) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Stadler. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): sky in aquatint. Second state (Dunthorne’s third state) (copy 1): aquatint removed from sky, small circles added at ends of stamens. Engraver (1812): Roffe. The Blue Passion-Flower Copy 1: vol. II (153) (21) Jany 1800 Copy 2: (41) [Temple 1 Jany 1811] Artist: Reinagle. Engraver: Caldwall. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state: stems have pronounced shadows with hard outlines. Leaf to right of fruit, and leaf to left of column, in aquatint only. Shading to right of column has jagged edge; cloud has indistinct edge. Flowers colour-printed. Second state (copy 2): stem shadows smaller and softer-edged. Aquatint strengthened with lines. Third state (copy 1): coarse aquatint on leaves and buds; cloud has white edge; reworked lines on many leaves. Flowers no longer all colour-printed. (1812): no engraver’s name. The Winged Passion-Flower Copy 1: vol. II (154) (22) 1 June 1802 Copy 2: (42) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Warner. Aquatint, stipple and line. First state (copy 2): vine shadow extends to top of plate; top of column unfluted; shadow under top leaf smooth. Second state (copy 1): shadow stops before top; column fluted; shadow jagged; foliage reworked. Engraver (1812): Stadler. The Quadrangular Passion-Flower Copy 1: vol. II (155) (23) 1 June 1802 Copy 2: (43) [Temple 1 Jany 1812] Artist: Henderson. Engraver: Hopwood. Aquatint and stipple. First state (copy 2): fluting on column scarcely visible; clouds on either side of column. Second state: fluting clearer, shadow added in aquatint above tendril below capital; clouds almost gone. Third state (copy 1): stipple added over aquatint, esp. on leaves; temple and foliage on right reworked; column base more distinct. Engraver (1812): Maddox.
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