Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Noblesse Peach

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 number2010.57.7

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical 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. Plate 31 from "Pomona Britannica", London: T. Bensley for the author, published by White, Cochrane and Co., E. Lloyd and W. Lindsell, 1804-1812.