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Pomona Britannica:  No. 17 - Plums

Pomona Britannica: No. 17 - Plums

1806
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Before publishing his botanical illustrations, Brookshaw was a renowned maker of painted furniture.

Description

Pomona Britannica illustrates fruits cultivated at Hampton Court Palace’s gardens, the most celebrated around London. It was devoted to the most handsome varieties of fruit cultivated in England. Most of the 90 plates in this large and sumptuous book, like these, have dark aquatint backgrounds.
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    The Flowering of the Botanical Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).
    The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-July 31, 1983).
    Flower Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 7-June 6, 1965).
    Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.310