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fi'iend. He published the ' llortus Cliffortianus ' in 1737, and in 

 the same year the ' Flora Lapponica.' The frontispiece to this 

 work, dedicated to Clifford, represents a Lapland landscape with 

 Linne in the foreground, having on his knees the " drum," which 

 appears in the full-length picture. This frontispiece was drawn bv 

 Hoffman, who in the same year painted the portrait of Linne 

 for Clifford. This fine painting has remained in his family until 

 this time, though no longer at Hartekamp. In 1891 Mr. Cliiford 

 was living at JNieuwetsluys, and when I visited him there he was 

 most helpful. The painting has been very carefully conseiwed and 

 is in extremely good condition. He gave me leave to have a 

 pliotograph taken from it. He traced his family back to the days 

 of William the Conqueror, and showed me an interesting record 

 of the family history, turning to the pages which contained con- 

 tempoi-ary notes about Linne while he was at Hartekamp. 



The original portrait has never been reproduced. Linne is 

 standing with his face turned somewhat to the left, in his Lapland 

 dross, with his gloves and various implements hanging from an 

 ornamented leathern girdle. His right hand holds a plant of 

 Linncea in flower but without a label, and his left hand supports a 

 large oval object which has puzzled many, but in the frontispiece 

 to the ' Flora Lapponica ' this is shown in two separate portions 

 which have spread out on them small objects : it is apparently 

 a press for drying plants. Around the sides of this press are 

 written the words : — " Carolus Linnaeus e Lapponia Eedux. 

 .^tat. 30. Anno 1737. Mart. Hoffman fecit 1737." There is 

 nothing on the canvas besides the portrait of Linn£eus. 



A replica or a copy of this portrait, painted in 1739, came into 

 the possession of Dr. Eobert Thornton toAvards the end of the 

 eighteenth century. This is known only from the mezzotint 

 engraving by H. Kingsbury, Avhich was "published April G, 1795, 

 by H. Kingsbury, No. 4 Wan-en Street, Fitzroy Square." In 

 1804 Dr. Thornton had an exhibition of his botanical paintings at 

 49 New Bond Street, and the printed catalogue states that this 

 painting is " A whole length of Linnaeus aged only thirty-two, in 

 his Lapland Dress. 'Qj Hoffman. An Original Picture. This 

 was painted for Gronovius in Holland and is the onl}^ original 

 Picture of Linnaeus in England." Linne was indebted for much 

 friendly help to Grronovius ; at his suggestion Boerhaave intro- 

 duced Linne to Clifford, and at the expense of Grronovius the 

 first edition of the ' Systeraa Naturoe' was published at Leydea 

 in 1735. It is very likely that he would desire to possess the 

 portrait of a friend he valued so highly. 



In 1811 Thornton got permission from Parliament to dispose of 

 his paintings by a lottery, but this was unsuccessful. Thornton 

 lived for twenty-six years after this, having died at his residence 

 in Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, on June 22nd, 1837. I have 

 failed to discover what has become of this or any of the other 

 botanical paintings that belonged to Thornton. The only help 



