The night-blowing cereus.

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1152344

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Title

The night-blowing cereus.

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. ...

Names

Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837 (Author)
Dunkarton, R. (Robert), approximately 1744- (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1807
Place: London
Publisher: T. Bensley

Library Location

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)

Subjects

Plants
Flowers
Botany
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Disquisitio de sexu plantarum. English
Plants, Sex in

Genres

Prints
Botanical Illustrations
Illustrations

Notes

Content: Flower painted by Reinagle, background by Pether.

Physical Description

Mezzotints
Extent: 57 x 48 cm. Color Mezzotint, hand colored.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 17615060
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13998666
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb6d59f0-c6f2-012f-43fc-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1807

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "The night-blowing cereus." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1807. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb6d59f0-c6f2-012f-43fc-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1807). The night-blowing cereus. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb6d59f0-c6f2-012f-43fc-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "The night-blowing cereus." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb6d59f0-c6f2-012f-43fc-58d385a7bc34

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