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Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on medical botany.Entrance into that most nobel public charity and admirable medical establishment Guys Hospital.

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Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on medical botany.Entrance into that most nobel public charity and admirable medical establishment Guys Hospital.
Names
Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837 (Author)
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815 (Engraver)
Woolnoth, W. (William) (Engraver)
Collection

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus : comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification; a prize dissertation on the sexes of plants; a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system; and The temple of flora, or Garden of nature, being picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions. ...

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1807
Place: London
Publisher: T. Bensley
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MED+++ T514 (Thornton, R. J. New illustration of the sexual system)
Topics
Plants
Flowers
Botany
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Disquisitio de sexu plantarum. English
Plants, Sex in
Portraits -- British
Hospitals -- England
Genres
Prints
Illustrations
Notes
Content: Portrait image: Painted by Russell, engraved by Bartolozzi. Hospital image: Drawn by Elmes, engraved by Woolnoth.
Date: Date created 1799
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 57 x 44 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 17615060
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13998666
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aea58ef0-c6f2-012f-a075-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on medical botany.Entrance into that most nobel public charity and admirable medical establishment Guys Hospital." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1807. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e850-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on medical botany.Entrance into that most nobel public charity and admirable medical establishment Guys Hospital." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e850-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1807). Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on medical botany.Entrance into that most nobel public charity and admirable medical establishment Guys Hospital. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e850-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public lecturer on medical botany.Entrance into that most nobel public charity and admirable medical establishment Guys Hospital.