The Blue Passion-flower

Published by Robert John Thornton between 1799 and 1807, this plate combines aquatint, stipple, line engraving, etching and roulette. Printmaking techniques developed in the 18th century gave botanical prints a rich range of tones; aquatint in particular imitates the delicacy and transparency of watercolour and ink wash, seen here in the cool blue-greens of the passion-flower and its shadowy setting.

Printed on 200 gsm museum-quality matte paper from the museum’s high-resolution open-access image, with a white border so nothing of the original is cropped. Available from A4 up to 70 × 100 cm, or as a digital download to print yourself.

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