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Half-framed Banner Grape lithograph. Similar matt colour c1906.

Half-framed Banner Grape lithograph. Similar matt colour c1906.

by Passmore, Deborah Grisscom

Purple grapes in gold line embellished complimentary-coloured mount.

Small colour-printed lithograph of Grapes by botanical artist Deborah Grisscom Passmore (1840-1911), printed in New York in 1906 for the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). D.G. Passmore received a strict Quaker education prior to moving from Delaware to study at the School of Design and Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.  She was a fine botanical artist who worked in the U.S.A. Division of Pomology for 19 years.

Before the photography, between 1897 and 1925, artists were employed by USDA to create watercolours and lithographs of fruit and vegetables that were growing in the U.S.  These charming illustrations were printed to promote cultivation of crops, but as there was not a large circulation they are rarely seen today.

Image size is 23 x 14cm (9 x 5.5 inches). In fine condition, this mounted lithograph is larger than the scanner. External measurement of maroon mount is 325 x 245mm (11 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches). 

Stock Number: apPass.gr29Price: $145.00

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