The Night-Blowing Cereus, May 20, 1800
Robert Dunkarton; Artist: After Philip Reinagle; Artist: Moonlight by William Pether; Publisher: Dr. Robert John Thorntonexpand_more
Mezzotint, printed in color and hand-coloredexpand_more
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966expand_more P.18,191
Not on Viewexpand_more
Though his attempt to publish The Temple of Flora bankrupted him, Robert Thornton earned enduring fame for his efforts. Of the lugubrious setting for what we know as the night-blooming cereus, he said, "in the night-blowing Cereus… you have the moon playing on the dimpled water, and the turret-clock points XII, the hour at night when this flower is in its full expanse."
Details
- Title
- The Night-Blowing Cereus
- Artist Life
- 1744-died c. 1810
- Role
- Engraver
- Accession Number
- P.18,191
- Provenance
- Dwight and Helen Minnic, Minneapolis
- Curator Approved
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