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Richard Brookshaw

Pomona Britannica: No. 74 - Figs

1807, published 1812
aquatint and stipple engraving printed in color and hand colored on thick wove paper

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Originally from the Mediterranean, figs were cultivated in England as early as the 1580s.

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