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(2pc) GEORGE BROOKSHAW POMONA BRITANNICA PLATES
Estimate:
$200 - $400
Sold
$325
Live Auction
Summer Estates | July 11th
Category
Description

Hand colored aquatint engraving
Early 19th century, c. 1812, plates from the "Pomona Britannica; or a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits" by George Brookshaw (English, 1751-1823); including Plate XLII, "Green Flesh" or "Candia Melon" with early ink inscription to left margin, and Plate XXXIV, "Murry Nectarine" and "Newington Nectarine"
h. 11-1/4 w. 8-7/8 in. (sight)
overall: 13-1/4 x 11 in. (frame)

Aquatint with stipple engraving; each in a gilt frame under UVIII Plexiglass

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Provenance
W. Graham Arader III Gallery, King of Prussia, PA labels on verso of each; Purchased from the above by the current owner in the 1990s; Private Collection, Purchase, NY