Pomona Britannica:  No. 82 - Pears

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.

Provenance

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Pomona Britannica: No. 82 - Pears

George Brookshaw

1807

Accession Number

1955.313

Medium

aquatint

Dimensions

N/A

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Arnold M. Davis