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The Blue Egyptian Water Lily

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The Blue Egyptian Water Lily

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Est. 1871 — About the Museum

Size 11×14" 16×20" 18×24" 24×36"

A4 — 8.3×11.7in · A3 — 11.7×16.5in · A2 — 16.5×23.4in · What size should I choose?

Museum quality — Giclée prints with archival pigment inks.
Fine art paper — Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm.
Built to endure — Printed to archival standards for lasting preservation.
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A blue Egyptian water lily takes centre stage against the Nile, with palms and a mosque receding into the distance.

Published in 1804 for Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora. The source image is public domain through The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access programme. Printed on Hahnemühle paper.

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About the work

Published in 1804 for Robert John Thornton’s The Temple of Flora, this aquatint places a blue Egyptian water lily against the Nile at Aboukir Bay, with palms and a mosque in the middle distance. Botanical specimen and landscape are treated with equal theatricality, lifting the plant out of the herbarium and into an imagined stage.

Source

Engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler after Peter Charles Henderson and published by Robert John Thornton; the original is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The source image is released through The Met Open Access programme as public domain. This print is produced as part of the Museum of Imagined Worlds art project.

Print details

Printed with archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm. Choose your size below.