The Fruit.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 15/16 x 12 7/8in. (22.7 x 32.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/16 x 14 1/16in. (25.6 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionAn open-woven wicker basket is filled with fruit, including a pear, an apple, grapes with their leaves, and what may be tomatoes and a quince. A branch with chestnut leaves and chesnuts in their burrs is at the upper left. Additional leaves are at the right, with what may be small black plums. On a marble-topped table beside the basket are an apple or peach with leaves, a branch with currants and their leaves, a twig with cherries and leaves, and a pomegranate split open to show its seeds.

Object number1987.70.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE FRUIT. / 234."

On verso, in pencil: upper right, accession number; lower right, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 44".

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