id:			380083
accession number:	2020.165
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.165
updated:		2022-04-22 09:01:05.468000

Pomona Britannica: No. 74 - Figs, 1807, published 1812. Richard Brookshaw (British, 1736-1810). Aquatint and stipple engraving printed in color and hand colored on thick wove paper; platemark: 45.1 x 34.7 cm (17 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.); sheet: 59.2 x 47 cm (23 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.165

title:				Pomona Britannica: No. 74 - Figs
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creation date:			1807, published 1812
creation date earliest:		1807
creation date latest:		1807
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	England
technique:	aquatint and stipple engraving printed in color and hand colored on thick wove paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Richard Brookshaw (British, 1736-1810)  - artist
British engraver and draftsman, 1736-ca. 1804
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measurements: Platemark: 45.1 x 34.7 cm (17 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.); Sheet: 59.2 x 47 cm (23 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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fun fact: 
Originally from the Mediterranean, figs were cultivated in England as early as the 1580s.

digital description: 
This color aquatint etching is one plate from George Brookshaw’s 1812 illustrated volume <em>Pomona Britannica</em>. Named after the Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards, Brookshaw intended the volume to be the English “country gentleman’s” guide to the science of classifying and identifying fruits (pomology). Many of Brookshaw’s models came from the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court and Kensington Gardens. Each print featured one fruit, often life-size, including detailed depictions of its flower and leaves. Printed in color with hand-painted highlights, this and other illustrated botanicals formed an essential part of the cultured English library in the early 19th century.

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