Accession No
5924
Brief Description
Print of the Reverend Thomas Martyn, King’s College Chapel, the Public Library and Senate House. 1799. British.
Origin
London, England
Maker
Ruƒsell. R. A.
Class
prints
Earliest Date
1799
Latest Date
1799
Inscription Date
1799
Material
paper
Dimensions
Length 483mm; width 344mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased on or before 20/05/2003.
Inscription
The Rev.d THOMAS MARTYN.B.D.F.R.S.
Regius Profeƒsor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
View of King’s College Chapel, the Public Library, and Senate House.
Ruƒsell R.A. Portrait Painter to their Majesties, pinx.t
Vendramini sculp.t
London, Published for D.r Thornton, June 1. 1799.
Description Notes
Print showing a black and white stipple engraving of the Reverend Thomas Martyn (1735-1825) and a scene from Cambridge containing a view of King’s College Chapel, the Public Library and Senate House. The print comes from a book by (R) Thornton (botanist).
References
Events
Description
Thomas Martyn (1735-1825) succeeded his father, John, to become professor of botany at Cambridge University. He was one of the earliest exponents of Linnaean classification and the author of Flora rustica (1792-1794).
His translated version (1785) of Rousseau’s Letters on the Elements of Botany, Addressed to a Lady ran over eight editions and proved to be a very popular and influential work on botany.
He is most noted, however, for his work with Philip Miller. He collaborated with Miller to lay out the botanical garden at Cambridge, and after Miller’s death, Martyn spent 22 years updating Miller’s Garden Dictionary which was a highly influential text in Europe and America for over a century.
02/07/2003
Created by: Tudor. Rebecca on 02/07/2003
FM:46383
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