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Natural History of Shakespeare; Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits, and Animals (1877)

Books /

Natural History of Shakespeare; Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits, and Animals (1877)

A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (1899)

Books /

A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (1899)

J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from *The Flowers Personified* (1847)

Fashion, Natural World

J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from The Flowers Personified (1847)

Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land

Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land

A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

People, Fashion

A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

Science & Medicine, Natural World

Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

The Magic Roses (1906)

Film /

Ghosts & Occult

The Magic Roses (1906)

The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)

The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography, Natural World, Food

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

Design & Typography, Natural World

Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems (1857)

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Communication, Natural World, Emotion & Expression

The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems (1857)

Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)

Natural World, Humour & Satire

Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)

Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)

Books /

Natural World, Architecture

Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)

Albert Millican’s *Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter* (1891)

Books /

Travel & Exploration, Natural World

Albert Millican’s Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter (1891)

Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

Books /

Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

Maria Sibylla Merian’s *Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium* (1705)

Natural World, Travel & Exploration

Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705)

The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)

Natural World, Politics

The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)

Christoph Jamnitzer’s *Neuw Grotteßken Buch* (1610)

Design & Typography

Christoph Jamnitzer’s Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610)

Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)

Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)

Harold A. Taylor’s Autochromes of California Flowers (early 20th century)

Natural World, Music & Arts

Harold A. Taylor’s Autochromes of California Flowers (early 20th century)

Essays

Sex and Science in Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora

Sex and Science in Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora

Bridal beds, blushing captives, and swollen trunks - Carl Linnaeus' taxonomy of plants heralded a whole new era in 18th-century Europe of plants being spoken of in sexualised terms. Martin Kemp explores* how this association between the floral and erotic reached its visual zenith in Robert Thornton's exquisitely illustrated Temple of Flora. more

11 Mar 2015