Portrait of Sir John Hill, naturalist and botanist

Sir John Hill, MD, writer, botanist and naturalist, Knight of the Polar Star, First Superintendant of the Royal Gardens at Kew, 1714-1775. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Vendramini after a portrait by Francis Cates from Dr. Robert John Thornton's New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus, the Temple of Flora, London, 1799

18th Century Botanical Illustration Botanist Dr. Robert John Thornton History Of Science Naturalist Stipple Engraving Temple Of Flora

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