Morton Citrange antique print from painting by Passmore, c1905

by Passmore, Deborah Grisscom

Antique print of Citrange from Orange citrus fruit, painted by D.G. Passmore for the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, published in New York in 1905 by The Sackett & Wilhelms Co.

Original colour-printed lithograph by Deborah Griscom Passmore (1840-1911) who received a strict Quaker education prior to moving from Delaware to study at the School of Design and Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Passmore was a skilled botanical artist who worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Division of Pomology for 19 years. 

Image size is 23 x 14cm (9 x 5.5 inches).