British Botanical Print Publications
May 2026
These objects are all botanical prints from late 18th to 19th century English illustrated book series, predominantly from Robert John Thornton's "The Temple of Flora" and other botanical publications documenting plant species through printmaking techniques.
38 objects · 2 institutions
A Group of Auriculas, from The Temple of Flora
Art Institute of Chicago
1803
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Japanese Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831–1832
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831–32
Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: Polypodium Phegopteris
Cleveland Museum of Art
1855–1856
Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, Plate 16
Cleveland Museum of Art
1799
Nature Print of Moonwort and Adder's Tongue Ferns, plate 51 from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
Art Institute of Chicago
1855
The American Cowslip, Plate 26
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801
The Blue Passion-flower
Cleveland Museum of Art
1799–1807
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Garden Hyacinth
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Smooth-stalked Martagon, Turk's Cap Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1814
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Star of Bethlehem
Cleveland Museum of Art
1794
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Stately Crinum
Cleveland Museum of Art
1823
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: The Mountain Lake Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1827
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Umbel-Flowering Bulb-Bearing Orange-Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1807
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: White Cape - Coast Lily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 883, Euphorbia Petiolaris. Long -Stalked Spurge
Cleveland Museum of Art
1805
![The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 892, Althaea Flexuosa. Seringapatam A Hollyhock . [Althea rosea]](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.333/2005.333_web.jpg)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 892, Althaea Flexuosa. Seringapatam A Hollyhock . [Althea rosea]
Cleveland Museum of Art
1805
![The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 929, Symphyum Asperrim. Prickley Comfrey. [Symphytum asperum]](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.334/2005.334_web.jpg)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 929, Symphyum Asperrim. Prickley Comfrey. [Symphytum asperum]
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
![The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 931, Phytolacca Decandra. Virginian Poke. [Phytolaca Americana]](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.335/2005.335_web.jpg)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 931, Phytolacca Decandra. Virginian Poke. [Phytolaca Americana]
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
![The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 933, Protea mucronifolia. Dagger-Leaved Protea. [Protea odorata]](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.336/2005.336_web.jpg)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 933, Protea mucronifolia. Dagger-Leaved Protea. [Protea odorata]
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
![The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 944, Dillwynia Glaberrima. Smooth-Leaved Dillwynnia. [Dillwynia ericifolia gaberrima]](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.337/2005.337_web.jpg)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 944, Dillwynia Glaberrima. Smooth-Leaved Dillwynnia. [Dillwynia ericifolia gaberrima]
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
![The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 966, Erica Elegans. Elegant Heath [Erica glauca]](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.338/2005.338_web.jpg)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Plate 966, Erica Elegans. Elegant Heath [Erica glauca]
Cleveland Museum of Art
1806
The Superb Lily, from The Temple of Flora
Art Institute of Chicago
1799
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas
Cleveland Museum of Art
1803
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: A Group of Auriculas
Cleveland Museum of Art
1803
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: Blue Egyptian Waterlily
Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The American Aloe
Cleveland Museum of Art
1807
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Blue Passion Flower
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Narrow-leaved Kalmia
Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, Mountain Laurel
Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Nodding Renealmia
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Persian Cyclamen
Cleveland Museum of Art
1799–1807
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Pontic Rhododendron
Cleveland Museum of Art
1799–1807
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The White Lily with Variegated Leaves
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800
The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature: The Obique-leaved Begonia
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800
The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature: The Queen Flower
Cleveland Museum of Art
1812
The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature: White Lily with Variegated Leaves
Cleveland Museum of Art
published August 1, 1800
The Temple of the Flora: American Bog Plants
Cleveland Museum of Art