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Botanical drawing of Red magnum (red), Blue perdrigon (dark blue), Le Loyal (purple), and the White magnum bonum (yellow) plums; each of the four plum varieties are depicted as a single fruit hanging on a woody stem with green leaves.
Plums
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Plums

Artist George Brookshaw (British, 1751 - 1823)
Date1804-1812
MediumAquatint with stipple engravings, printed in color and finished by hand
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White
Object number2010.57.6
Collections
Visual DescriptionBotanical drawing of Red magnum (red), Blue perdrigon (dark blue), Le Loyal (purple), and the White magnum bonum (yellow) plums; each of the four plum varieties are depicted as a single fruit hanging on a woody stem with green leaves. Plate 17 from "Pomona Britannica", London: T. Bensley for the author, published by White, Cochrane and Co., E. Lloyd and W. Lindsell, 1804-1812.
Botanical drawing of five nectarine varieties shown next to a clipping of their respective plants with green leaves and pink flowers.
Nectarines
George Brookshaw
1804-1812
Botanical drawing of Black Froninac Grapes showing a bunch of deep purple grapes hanging from a woody stem with a large green leaf.
Black Froninac Grape
George Brookshaw
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Botanical drawing of the Easter Bergamot Pears (Cressan, Tarlington, and the Aster bergamot varities), each shown with a single fruit hanging from a woody stem with green leaves.
Easter Bergamot Pear
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1804-1812
Botanical drawing of the Gallande, La Teton de Venus, and the Noblesse peaches; each is depicted with it pink flowers on the left, the fruit in the middle, and its distinguishing green serrated leaves on the right.
Noblesse Peach
George Brookshaw
1804-1812
A framed still life painting of a table with a textured clear vase of purple flowers, stacked light blue glass plates, a blue glass bowl, a yellow glass pitcher, silver forks, white napkins, and four red plums.
Green Glass from Alexis
Janet Fish
2001
Hanging scroll with stream amidst mountains and boat with two men and a crane. Inscription reads: "Baikei Saikaku Zu -- With Crane on Blossoming-plum Stream, By Umpo, an eighty sai old man." Artist seals: Umpo no in; Kakaku Rojin
With Crane on Blossoming-plum Stream
Ooka Umpo
1844
Fan-shaped painting on paper of plum limb in a vase and rock with two line inscription and two seals on lower sides.
Plum Blossom, Rock, and Vase 梅石瓶圖
Luo Pin 羅聘
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Of elongated ovoid form with flared rim to the waisted neck, the exterior walls painted in underglaze blue with a flowering prunus branch and the blossoms highlighted in spots of copper red, the reverse with a seven-character inscription in Chinese on prunus in winter, signed "Un-Bo" followed by a square seal and the recessed base displaying a cypher in underglaze blue.
Porcelain Prunus Vase with Plum Blossom Design
백자 청화 매화문 매병
白瓷梅花文梅瓶
Kim Kichang 김기창 金基昶
1970
Village of Plums
Village of Plums
Toshi Yoshida 吉田遠志
1951
Meiji period (19th century). Modeled in the outline of a plum blossom and designed in silver and gold wire–outlined cloisonne and wireless enamel with two birds perched on a branch of flowering pink plum, the lower portion of the background shaded gray and the sky area shaded blue, the underside decorated with chocolate-brown cherry florets outlined in gold wire on a dark brown ground, rim in gold and copper shakudo metal.
Tray with Birds and Cherry Blossoms
Namikawa Sosuke
c. 1900-1910
Botanical drawing of three varieties of Bugloflum including Bugloflum Semper Virens (Pentaglotitis sempervirens L., or evergreen bugloss) at the center. The plants have green leaves and blue or white flowers.
Bugloflum Semper Virens
Basil Besler
1613
Botanical drawing of Geranium Sanguinarium (bloody cranesbill or bloodred geranium) featuring three varieties each with their roots, green leaves, and pink, red, or purple flowers.
Geranium Sanguinarium
Basil Besler
1613

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