![Pl. 73 Large Early Violet. [Peach]; Natural History of New York [Heirloom Fruit]. M. D. Emmons, Ebenezer.](https://www.lowryjames.com/pictures/medium/5036.jpg?v=1553899670)
Pl. 73 Large Early Violet. [Peach]; Natural History of New York [Heirloom Fruit]
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851. First edition. Single sheet matted in rag board. A Fine original hand-colored aquatint. Folio (11.25 x 9 inches). Archivally matted to 14 x 17 inches and suitable for framing.
Drawn from nature by J. Prestile, aquatinted and printed by JI & RH Pease, a finely colored early depiction of one such variety of the useful and not strictly ornamental fruit being cultivated in national soil during Nineteenth Century America. Fine. Item #5036
This print is one of the earliest depictions of American fruit as it predates the illustrations in AJ Downing's noted work; The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; New York.
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