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An illustrated catalog of American fruits & nuts : the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection / contributors: Adam Leith Gollner, Jacqueline Landey, John McPhee, Michael Pollan, Marina Vitaglione.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : Atelier Éditions, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 384 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1733622047
  • 9781733622042
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK98.3 .I45 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Artists -- Artworks: Pomes ; Citrus ; Drupes ; Berries & small fruit ; Melons ; Tropical & subtropical fruit ; Nuts & miscellaneous -- Literary fruits -- Appendix.
Summary: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pomological Watercolor Collection contains 7,584 watercolor paintings of cultivated fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens gathered around the world and introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were painted by twenty-one professional artists (including ten women) employed by the USDA between 1886 and 1942. Produced largely before the widespread use of photography, the watercolors were created and published to aid identification and examination of fruit varieties for the nation's fruit growers.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB354.5 .G65 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800185613
Total holds: 0

Artists include: Deborah Griscom Passmore ; Amanda Almira Newton ; Mary Daisy Arnold ; Royal Charles Steadman ; James Marion Shull ; Ellen Isham Schutt ; Bertha Heiges ; Elsie E. Lower ; William Henry Prestele ; Louis Charles Christopher Krieger, M. Strange ; Harriet Thompson ; Frank Muller ; Roberta Cowing ; Henry Van Deman ; J. F. Brewer ; W. L. Burn ; Katherine Mayo ; Eliza Swann ; Charles Hopkins ; J. Sedgwick.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-381) and index.

Introduction -- Artists -- Artworks: Pomes ; Citrus ; Drupes ; Berries & small fruit ; Melons ; Tropical & subtropical fruit ; Nuts & miscellaneous -- Literary fruits -- Appendix.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pomological Watercolor Collection contains 7,584 watercolor paintings of cultivated fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens gathered around the world and introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were painted by twenty-one professional artists (including ten women) employed by the USDA between 1886 and 1942. Produced largely before the widespread use of photography, the watercolors were created and published to aid identification and examination of fruit varieties for the nation's fruit growers.

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