罗伯特·约翰·桑顿
开创林奈体系华丽植物插图
罗伯特·约翰·桑顿是一位英国医生和植物学作家，以《卡尔·冯·林奈性系统新图解》（1797-1807年）和1812年的《英国植物志》而闻名。 他是邦内尔·桑顿的儿子，曾在剑桥大学三一学院学习。受约翰·马顿植物学讲座和林奈著作的启发，他从神职转向医学。他在伦敦的盖伊医院工作，后来在那里讲授药用植物学。在国外度过一段时间后，他定居伦敦并执业。 In 1799 Thornton commenced his work on the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus a work of botanical science to be published in three parts. The first was a dissertation on the sex of plants according to the Swedish scientist, Carolus von Linnaeus and the second an exposition of the sexual system.The most ambitious part of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Linnæus was Part III, the Temple of Flora (1799-1807). The first plates were engraved by Thomas Medland in May 1798, from paintings by Philip Reinagle. Between 1798 and 1807, they produced a total of thirty-three coloured plates, engraved in aquatint, stipple and line engraving.
Artworks by this artist (108 total)
- Hyacinths 1807
- American bog plants. I Fetid pothos. II Pitcher plant. III Venus’s fly trap 1807
- The blue Egyptian water-lily 1807
- The superb lily 1807
- A Vegetable Monster. Garden Poppy 1799[-]1810
- Anatomy of the Nodding Renealmia 1799[-]1810
- Artichoke in Flower 1799[-]1810
- Calla Ethiopica, or African Calla 1799[-]1810
- Flora dispensing her favours on the earth 1807
- Green Ixia; Ixia spectabilis; seu maculata viridis. 1799[-]1810
- Vegetable Monsters [Piony] 1799[-]1810
- A group of auriculas. 1807
- A group of carnations 1807
- Cardamine Pratensis ; or Common Ladies-smock 1799[-]1810
- 1. Ficus. The Fig. 1799[-]1810
- Anatomy of the blue Egyptian Water-Lily 1799[-]1810
- Anatomy of the Night-blowing Cereus; or Cactus Grandiflora of Linnaeus 1799[-]1810
- Anatomy of the Sweet Pea 1799[-]1810
- Ferraria Tigrida 1799[-]1810
- Male & Female Flowers on the same Plant. Carex Pendula ; or Great Pendulous Carex 1799[-]1810