Brookshaw, George Plate 7. [Gooseberries]. From "The Horticultural Repository"

George Brookshaw.  Plate 7.  [Gooseberries].  From The Horticultural Repository. 

London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, [1820]-1823.  9 1/4 x 6 (paper).  Aquatint.  Full original hand color.  Very good condition.  

A print from a charming small series of fruits by Brookshaw, who is best known for his larger series of fruits, Pomona Britannica, or, a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at Present Cultivated in this Country..., published in London from 1804-1812.  This series of 98 engravings of edible fruits and nuts was issued periodically until complete in July 1823.  Completed after Brookshaw’s death, the anonymous editor of the final fascicle said, “It is hoped . . . that the present work . . . will . . . form a suitable monument to [Brookshaw’s] genius and talent.”  Indeed, they do.

Other plates from this series:

Plate 6. [Peaches]

Plate 8. [Pear]

Plate 12. [Apples]

Plate 15. [Nuts] 

Plate 16. [Apples]

Plate 18. [Cherries]

Plate 26. [Green grapes]

Plate 33.  [Apples]

Plate 42.  [Pear]

Plate 50.  [Gooseberries]

Plate 54.  [Nuts]

Plate 61.  [Grapes]

Plate 63.  [Peaches]

Plate 94.  [Peaches]