1812
George Brookshaw began his artistic career as a teacher of watercolor painting. During the prime of his life, he was a sought-after cabinetmaker, creating finely-painted neoclassical furniture for patrons such as the Prince of Wales (the future King George IV). However, public records about his career disappear in the mid-1790s, about the same time that his prominent marriage collapsed. There is no mention of him until the Pomona Britannica began its release in 1804. Historian Lucy Wood suggests that Brookshaw began a new career in botanical studies under the name G. Brown, author of A New Treatise on Flower Painting, a painting instruction text. Several plates in the 1817 supplement to that work are now attributed to Brookshaw. Plate 27 by George Brookshaw from one of the finest volumes on pomology, "Pomona Britannica or a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in Great Britain". Many of Brookshaw’s models came from the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court and Kensington Gardens.
PRÉVOST. Print from a Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
By Jean Louis Prévost
Located in London, London
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris, 1805] Prévost came from a long line of French artists spanning 400 years. Jean-...
Color, Engraving
PRÉVOST. Print from Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
By Jean Louis Prévost
Located in London, London
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris. 1805] Prévost came from a long line of French artists spanning 400 years. Jean-Louis himself first exhibited at the Salon when only fourteen years of age, showing paintings of bouquets, a vase of flowers and other small botanical studies. Immediately he was commissioned by Monsieur Roussel to paint the flowers in the wealthy landowner's garden. The result was a 12-volume work of gouache studies, entitled "Hortus Cellensis", and was at once acquired by the Paris Natural History Library. Prévost's "Collection des Fleurs et Fruits...
Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper
POITEAU/TURPIN. Traité des arbres fruitiers: A Set of Four Apples
By POITEAU, A. and P. TURPIN.
Located in London, London
POITEAU, A. and P. TURPIN. Traité des arbres fruitiers: A Set of Four Apples H. Perronneau for T. Delachausée, Paris, 1807-1835. A set of Four Apples, fine stipple-engrave...
Engraving, Handmade Paper, Watercolor
A Group of Six Pears.
By Pierre Jean François Turpin
Located in London, London
POITEAU, A. and P. TURPIN. Traité des arbres fruitiers: A Group of six Pears. H. Perronneau for T. Delachausée, Paris, 1807-1835. A group of six stipple-engraved plates printed in c...
Engraving
PRÉVOST. Print from Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
By Jean Louis Prévost
Located in London, London
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris, 1805] Prévost came from a long line of French artists spanning 400 years. Jean-...
Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper
Coconut/Palm Nut
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in London, London
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Coconut/Palm Nut Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Wei...
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
Silver Rock Melon: A Framed 19th C. Color Engraving by George Brookshaw
By George Brookshaw
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 19th century colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "Silver Rock Melon", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate 67 in his 'Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits'. It depicts a Silver Rock Melon still on the vine, but the melon lies on a heater green mat. A wedge of the melon has been dissected to reveal its inner anatomy, including the seeds. The melon skin is a heather and light green color, while the inner portions are a light peach color. The vine and leaves are shown attractive shades of light green and there are soft yellow flowers. The plant is displayed on a light 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 are wide white margins. The title and inscription lies within the lower border. 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 heather green mat. The frame measures 25.75" high, 21.5" wide and 1.13" deep. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. There is a short thin vertical line of discoloration in the lower margin through the word "melon" and a tiny spot in the upper margin on the left. 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. t depicts a cluster of grapes. The two prints would make a striking display pairing...
Aquatint, Engraving
"Amicua Melon" Hand Finished Color Engraving by George Brookshaw
By George Brookshaw
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "Amicua Melon", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate LXXII in hi...
Engraving, Aquatint
Pair of Original Antique Prints of Fruit After Walter Hood Fitch. C.1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely pair of prints Lithographs Original color Published, circa 1870 Unframed. Free shipping
Paper
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engraving of Fruit in a Decalcomania Frame.
By Johann Weinmann
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames. Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
Watercolor, Mezzotint
George Brookshaw (1751-1823), Fruit Cluster, PL XII
By George Brookshaw 1
Located in Bristol, CT
Print Sz: 11 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W Frame Sz: 19 1/4"H x 16 3/4"W Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown Plate XII George Brookshaw, also known as G. Brown, was a notable English...
Engraving
The Cucurbitaceae - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
By Vincenzo Tenore
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...
Lithograph
