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

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

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.