The Nodding Renealmia

Peter Charles Henderson, English, 1719 - 1829

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1801

Aquatint with stipple engraving and line engraving and hand coloring on paper

Image: 18 5/16 × 14 1/8 in. (46.5 × 35.8 cm)

Plate: 20 1/2 × 15 9/16 in. (52 × 39.6 cm)

Sheet: 22 5/8 × 18 1/4 in. (57.5 × 46.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Carl David Cucco, MD, Class of 1976

2024.54.6

Portfolio / Series Title

Plate 13 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

James Caldwall

Publisher

Robert John Thornton

Geography

Place Made: England, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Lower left: Henderson pinxt. Center: The Nodding Renealmia / London. Published Nov. 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton Lower right: Caldwall sculpt.

Provenance

Oppenheimer Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 2001; Carl David Cucco, MD, Chicago, Illinois; given to present collection, 2024.

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