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Sat, Mar 14, 2015 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Mar 15, 2015 11:00AM EDT
Lot 99

GEORGE BROOKSHAW (1751-1823): PLATE LXXX; PLATE XVI; PLATE LXXVI; AND PLATE LXIII, FROM POMONA BRITANNICA

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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Four aquatints on wove paper, 1806 or 1807, with margins, published by White Cochrane and Co., London, with label from Reed and Stevenson Inc., New York. All 16 x 12 1/4 in. (image), 28 x 24 in. (frame).Note: Brookshaw's masterpiece, the Pomona Britannica, is considered the most important English book on fruit, depicting over 250 varieties drawn from nature at the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court, Kensington Gardens, and other celebrated orchards. The work is titled after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit.Provenance: The Map House, London.