Falkner Bury, Priscilla Susan. Crinum Zeylanicum, Plate 29. London, 1831-34. Artists_Dr. Robert John Thornton geographer to King Louis XV

geographer to King Louis XV

this is so much superior in size to the rest that it bears to them the same proportion as a Golden Eagle to a Goshawk

Both parties met at Fredericksburg on September 25 in 1736 and it was decided that the surveyors for the crown should be William Mayo and Robert Brooke

and incorporated information from them into his maps

Robert's talent was recognized quickly as being superior to that of other artists working for the royal family

Falkner Bury, Priscilla Susan. Crinum Zeylanicum, Plate 29. London, 1831-34. Artists_Dr. Robert John Thornton geographer to King Louis XVPriscilla Susan Falkner Bury Crinum Zeylanicum, Plate 29 London, 1831 34 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring