Heirloom Fruits of America by Introduction by Daniel J Kevles

• Title: Heirloom Fruits of America by Introduction by Daniel J Kevles
• Author: Introduction by Daniel J Kevles
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Binding: Hardback
• Art forms
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions (approx. mm): 215 x 139

Product Description

Heirloom Fruits of America features 100 full-color illustrations selected from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection an archive of 7 584 paintings lithographs and line drawings created from 1886 to 1942 by about sixty-five commissioned artists. These images served as de facto trademarks in the highly competitive and fraud-plagued American fruit industry in a time before patent protection extended to living organisms. They are also meticulously and beautifully rendered uncovering a cache of botanical diversity in turn-of-the-century American agriculture. Yale historian Daniel J. Kevles's introduction deepens viewers' appreciation of these plates by placing these images in their historical context. show more