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Image Not Available for Portrait of Robert John Thornton (stipple engraving, 1799); Entrance into...Guys Hospital (etching, 1799) (Plate for Dr. R. J. Thornton, "New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus", London 1799–1811)

Portrait of Robert John Thornton (stipple engraving, 1799); Entrance into...Guys Hospital (etching, 1799) (Plate for Dr. R. J. Thornton, "New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus", London 1799–1811)

(English, 1745–1806)
(1770–after 1799)
(Active London, 1797–1814)
(Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
(English (Ireland), 1768–1837)
1799
Place of PublicationLondon
Medium/TechniqueStipple engraving and etching
DimensionsPlatemark: 48.5 x 36 cm (19 1/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 54 x 39.3 cm (21 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession number69.322
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969