{"product_id":"hill-sir-john","title":"Hill Sir John","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEngraver: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaper Size: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrint Size:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrice: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiography:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHill Sir John\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the son of the Rev. Theophilus Hill and is said to have been born in Peterborough, (c1714 -1775) was apprenticed to an apothecary and on the completion of his apprenticeship he set up in a small shop in St Martin's Lane, Westminister in London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmployed by the Duke of Richmond and Lord Petre to arrange their collections of plants, he traveled extensively to collect rare species for them. When these efforts failed to increase his income, he turned to writing plays, novels, and papers on natural history, medicine, astronomy, and geology. He also traveled over the country in search of rare herbs with a view to publishing a hortus siccus but this plan failed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe edited the monthly British Magazine from 1746 to 1750 and contributed a daily society-gossip column to The London Advertiser and the Literary Gazette. His satirical writings often involved him in bitter quarrels...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e He had a medical degree from Edinborough and he practiced as a \"quack doctor” making considerable sums by the preparation of dubious herb and vegetable medicines. He was known for his \"pectoral balsam of honey\" and \"tincture of bardana\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1759 to 1775 he was engaged on a huge botanical work--\u003cem\u003eThe Vegetable System\u003c\/em\u003e (26 vols fol.)--adorned by 1600 copper-plate engravings. Hill's botanical labours were undertaken at the request of his patron, Lord Butte, and he was rewarded by the Order of Vasa from the King of Sweden in 1774. Thereafter he called himself “Sir” John Hill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHill’s most lasting work was in botany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1759 the first of the 26 folio volumes of his Vegetable System was published. This work, containing 1,600 copperplate engravings, represented 26,000 different plants. Although not completed until 1775, it was that that won for him the Order of Vasa from the king of Sweden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquarian Print Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32338476499030,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/products\/hill-sir-john","provider":"Antiquarian Print Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}