The fruit of mysterious labours
Originally published in parts in the years 1804-12, George Brookshaw’s Pomona Britannica contains 90 colour-printed and hand finished aquatint and stipple-engraved plates of fruits then cultivated in Britain (pineapple pictured below).
Sold for a record $130,000 (£99,235) in an Arader Galleries (22% buyer’s premium) sale of October …