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Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in this Country
After: George Brookshaw (English, 1751–1823)
Possibly by: Richard Brookshaw (English, 1736–about 1804)
Printer: Thomas Bensley (English, about 1760–1835)
Possibly by: Richard Brookshaw (English, 1736–about 1804)
Printer: Thomas Bensley (English, about 1760–1835)
1812
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 90 hand-colored aquatints
Dimensions
Each sheet: 57.5 x 46.5 cm (22 5/8 x 18 5/16 in.)
Book (closed): 59.1 x 48.3 x 5.1cm (23 1/4 x 19 x 2in.)
Book (closed): 59.1 x 48.3 x 5.1cm (23 1/4 x 19 x 2in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.527
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: T. Bensley, for the author [et al.], 1812
Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 050; Nissen 244
Description(London: T. Bensley, for the author [et al.], 1812) Large folio; [2 ll.], v, 60 pp., plus index; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped green morocco, brown morocco spine.
Plate LXIX, Green Flesh or Candia Melon (1807).
Plate LXIX, Green Flesh or Candia Melon (1807).
ProvenanceMrs. Sigmund J. Katz, New Orleans, by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 30, 1988.