Flora’s Beauteous Train

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While walking through luxuriant vegetation, Cupid aims his arrow at a group of flowers — 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.

Artist

Name:: Reinagle, Philip
Dates:: 1749-1833
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & places
Technique:: Metal engraving
Engraver:: Burke, Thomas
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Missouri Botanical Garden Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus: and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature
Author(s):: Thornton, Robert John
Published:: London, 1807
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Description

Stipple engraving (finished by hand) showing Cupid walking on a path through luxuriant vegetation and bending his bow, aiming his arrow at a group of long-stalked flowers growing in the foreground.

Keywords: 1800s, 19th century, color, flower, mythology, putto, reference book, woodland

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