destined for a career in the church, but studies at Trinity College, Cambridge,. esp. botanical lectures of Thomas Martyn
United Kingdom
Robert John Thornton’s New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus (1798-1807) ; R. T.: The temple of flora (London 1807, reprint Cologne 2008) ; R. T.: Medical extracts: on the nature of health, with practical observations : and the laws of the nervous and fibrous systems (in German translation: Thornton über die Natur der Gesundheit und die Gesetze des Nerven- und Muskelsystems (1801)) ;
Queen Charlotte, spouse of George III, patroness of botany and the fine arts ;
engraver Thomas Medland in May 1798 from paintings by Philip Reinagle for Thornton's New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus (between 1798 and 1807 a total of 33 coloured plates, engraved in aquatint, stipple and line) ; Joseph Constantine Stadler working from the painting of Peter Charles Henderson ; Abraham Pether (known for his moody, quasi-Gothic landscapes) ; -> Sydenham Edwards ; Peter Henderson ; Richard Earlom ; James Caldwall ; Thomas Burke ;
Account of Dr. Thornton's exhibition of botanical paintings; now open at no 49, New Bond Street; with the poetic compositions made on the different subjects, and explanatory notes. Third edition (London 1804) ; Kemp 2006: chap. 4 ;
R. T.s images sometimes border on flower-painting.
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