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FINE 1860'S BOTANNICAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWING - ISABELLA GRAPES ON THE VINE

c. 1860's

Artist/ School: English/ American School, 19th century, dated 1867 Title: Rubus Spectabilis, (which originated from America). Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink writing...

Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, indistinctly signed lower corner. Title: botannical study of two apples with a branch next to them. Medium: watercolour drawing on pap...

Artist/ School: English/ French School, 19th century, dated 1867. The location given is on the Cote d'Azur, though the style and writing possibly more likely English. Title: Indisti...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Title: "A Bountiful Vine: Hand-Colored 19th-Century Engraving of Grapes from Bertuch’s *Bilderbuch für Kinder*" Description: This captivating 19th-century botanical engraving featu...

A fine and detailed watercolour painting, depicting a still life composition with several fruits, nuts, a pumpkin and a white jar. Monogrammed to the lower right-hand corner. Well-pr...

This is a 19th century colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "White Hamburgh Grape", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate 60 in his 'Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits'. It depicts a cluster of pale green grapes still on the vine. The vine and leaves are shown in attractive shades of green and brown. The plant lays on a brown textured background with shadows to impart 3-dimensionality. The scene is reminiscent of an engraving in an 18th century artistically stylized human anatomy atlas. There is a light brown title rectangle in the lower center which is blank, suggesting this may be a more rare preproduction proof. There are wide white margins. This striking engraving is presented in a reddish brown decorative wood frame with a darker brown scroll-work outer trim and a gold-colored inner fillet and a thick light beige mat. The frame measures 26" high, 22" wide and 1.13" deep. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. There is a tiny spot in the lower margin on the left and another in the left margin. The print and frame are otherwise in excellent condition. There is a second Brookshaw engraving that is framed in identical moulding, although a slightly different size and a different color mat. It depicts a Silver Rock Melon. The two prints would make a striking display pairing...

Grape Varieties - 'Mrs Pince's Muscat, Royal Muscadine, Chasselas Vibert, Foster's Seedling, Mrs Pearson, Gros Maroc'. Early 20th century fruit chromolithograph, from Horace Wright'...