Pomona Britannica:  No. 17 - Plums
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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.

Mediumaquatint
DimensionsRecorded in archive
OriginEngland, 19th century
Accession No.1955.310
Credit LineGift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Arnold M. Davis
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