id:			127078
accession number:	1949.410
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.410
updated:		2023-08-25 11:18:33.651000

Twelve Months of Fruit:  February, 1732. Henry Fletcher (British, active 1715–38). Engraving, hand-colored; sheet: 48.4 x 38 cm (19 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.); platemark: 41.3 x 34.3 cm (16 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1949.410

title:				Twelve Months of Fruit:  February
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creation date:			1732
creation date earliest:		1732
creation date latest:		1732
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	engraving, hand-colored
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Dunthorne 117, only state

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CREATORS

* Henry Fletcher (British, active 1715–38)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 48.4 x 38 cm (19 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Platemark: 41.3 x 34.3 cm (16 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1960-05-25T04:00:00
	<i>Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).

	title:		Flower Prints
	opening date:   1965-05-07T04:00:00
	<i>Flower Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 7-June 6, 1965).

	title:		The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints
	opening date:   1983-05-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-July 31, 1983).

	title:		The Magic of Still Life
	opening date:   1986-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Magic of Still Life</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).

	title:		The Flowering of the Botanical Print
	opening date:   2016-03-26T00:00:00
	<i>The Flowering of the Botanical Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Unlike in books from the previous century, Furber’s etchings were colored by hand with watercolor in a realistic manner. The example to the left, which had not yet been painted, demonstrates the conceptual importance of color. Watercolor enhances the three-dimensional effect of each fruit and adds significant visual interest. Although these prints fulfilled a utilitarian purpose, their decorative quality was also appreciated: they were reissued in numerous editions from the 1730s through the 1750s.
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