Cupid Inspiring the Plants with Love
Phillip Reinagle, English, 1749 - 1833
1805
Stipple engraving and line engraving, printed à la poupée with additional hand coloring on paper
Image: 17 3/16 in. (43.6 cm)
Plate: 20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Carl David Cucco, MD, Class of 1976
2024.54.1
Portfolio / Series Title
Plate 2 from The Temple of Flora or the Garden of Nature, Being Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus (London, 1799-1810)
Printer
Thomas Burke
Publisher
Robert John Thornton
Geography
Place Made: England, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Lower left: Reinagle Sen. r A.R.A. pinxt. Center: And thou, divine LINNAEUS! trac'd my Reign. / O'er Trees and Plants and Flora's beauteous Train. / Prov'd them obedient to my soft Controul. / And gaily breathe the aromatic soul. / Charlotte Lennox Lower right: Burke sculpt.
Provenance
Oppenheimer Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 2001; Carl David Cucco, MD, Chicago, Illinois; given to present collection, 2024.
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