Flower Print Egyptian Water Lilly Temple of Flora
The Blue Egyptian Water Lily from Robert John Thornton’s 1807 “Temple of Flora” is among the most dramatic plates in botanical publishing history. Thornton rejected the plain-ground conventions of his contemporaries and set his flowers in atmospheric landscape environments: the water lily rises from a moonlit pool, its intense cobalt-blue petals luminous against dark water and a twilight sky. The composition is theatrical without losing botanical credibility, and the scale of the original engraving — designed to be monumental — gives the image a presence that few illustrated books have matched before or since.
Canvas is the fitting medium for this grandly scaled image — the woven texture adds depth to the atmospheric background tones, and the warm surface brings the lily’s blue intensity forward. A museum-grade canvas print, produced in our Berlin studio.
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Flower Print Egyptian Water Lilly Temple of Flora
The Blue Egyptian Water Lily from Robert John Thornton’s 1807 “Temple of Flora” is among the most dramatic plates in botanical publishing history. Thornton rejected the plain-ground conventions of his contemporaries and set his flowers in atmospheric landscape environments: the water lily rises from a moonlit pool, its intense cobalt-blue petals luminous against dark water and a twilight sky. The composition is theatrical without losing botanical credibility, and the scale of the original engraving — designed to be monumental — gives the image a presence that few illustrated books have matched before or since.
Canvas is the fitting medium for this grandly scaled image — the woven texture adds depth to the atmospheric background tones, and the warm surface brings the lily’s blue intensity forward. A museum-grade canvas print, produced in our Berlin studio.
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The Blue Egyptian Water Lily from Robert John Thornton’s 1807 “Temple of Flora” is among the most dramatic plates in botanical publishing history. Thornton rejected the plain-ground conventions of his contemporaries and set his flowers in atmospheric landscape environments: the water lily rises from a moonlit pool, its intense cobalt-blue petals luminous against dark water and a twilight sky. The composition is theatrical without losing botanical credibility, and the scale of the original engraving — designed to be monumental — gives the image a presence that few illustrated books have matched before or since.
Canvas is the fitting medium for this grandly scaled image — the woven texture adds depth to the atmospheric background tones, and the warm surface brings the lily’s blue intensity forward. A museum-grade canvas print, produced in our Berlin studio.
