Details for Thornton, Robert John

Full name: Thornton, Robert John

This person or thing (agent) has been used 10 times within our collections systems.

As a maker of objects: 10 times.

Biographical note

British artist, op.1798
British artist, op.1798
British painter, 1768?-1837

Type of agent

Creator

Created

11yrs ago

Connected records

Linnaeus in his Lapland dress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dunkarton, Robert
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Hoffman, Martin (After)
Printmaker: Kingsbury, Henry

The Superb Lily

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Reinagle, Philip (After)

The Temple of Flora or the Garden of Nature

Maker(s)

Publisher: Thornton, Robert John

Portrait of Sir James Edward Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ridley, William
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Russell, John (After)

Portrait of Sir James Edward Smith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, William I
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Russell, John (After)

Portrait of Erasmus Darwin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, William I
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Rawlinson, James (After)

George Shaw, M.D. F.R.S. Author of General Zoology

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Holl, William I
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Russell, John (After)

Nehemiah Grew, M.D.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Newton, Robert
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: White, Robert (After)

Sir John Hill M.D. Knight of the Polar Star, First Superintendant of the Royal Gardens at Kew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vendramini, Francesco
Publisher: Thornton, Robert John
Painter: Cotes, Francis (After)

Portraits of Botanists

Maker(s)

Publisher: Thornton, Robert John

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