ORIGINAL PLATE XIX : from Pomona Britannica, or a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in Great Britain. This item is unavailable.ORIGINAL PLATE XIX : from Pomona Britannica, or a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in Great Britain

Quarto edition : ORIGINAL PLATE XIX APRICOTS : Original stipple engraving, printed in Colour and hand-finished for Brookshaws 1816 -1817 edition Pomona Britannica, London: this contained 60 plates of 174 varieties. This features fruit then grown in and around London, especially at the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court. Varieties include tree fruits such as apples, peaches, cherries, plums, and figs as well as, berries and grapes. The quarto edition prints are more spare and delicate against light backgrounds. It may be accpted that the style of the quarto plates are related to Brookshaw’s other vocations as an author of drawing instruction books and designer of painted furniture. Perhaps they were intended to serve as illustrations that would lend themselves to copying in watercolor for drawing practice or as models for decorative arts designers. A fine example, excellent colour, no foxing noted, now within a mount which is protected with a removeable plastic cover. Note : Full publication information on each print: “Painted by the Author, G. Brookshaw, & Pub’d by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, & John Lepard, 108, Strand.”.…