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Pomona Britannica: No. 82 - Pears

George Brookshaw1807

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

<em>Pomona Britannica </em>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.

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  • Title: Pomona Britannica: No. 82 - Pears
  • Creator: George Brookshaw (British, 1751-1823)
  • Date Created: 1807
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.313
  • Medium: aquatint
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: England, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Arnold M. Davis
  • Collection: PR - Aquatint
  • Accession Number: 1955.313
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