18th Century Botanical Engraving, the Twelve Months of Fruit- July, Engraved by Henry Fletcher

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18th-century Botanical Engraving,
The Twelve Months of Fruit- July,
Engraver: Henry Fletcher for Robert Furber after work by Peter Casteels, … Read more 18th-century Botanical Engraving,
The Twelve Months of Fruit- July,
Engraver: Henry Fletcher for Robert Furber after work by Peter Casteels,
Dated 1732.

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The framed and matted engraving by Henry Fletcher depicts a grouping of different fruit with a engraved frame. The fruit are listed below and include varieties of Apples, Cherries, Currants, and Strawberries. The engraving is dated July, 1732.

Dimensions: Frame: 24 inches high x 21 inches wide.

The engraving is within a cream and gold wood frame with a green matte.

Framed with Museum UK Glass.

Robert Furber, one of the best-known plant dealers in London, published Twelve Months of Flowers and Twelve Months of Fruit in 1730 and 1732, respectively. These deluxe sales catalogues, the first ever produced in England, display some 400 flowers and 370 fruits arranged according to the months in which the flowers and fruit bloom or ripen. At least two dozen American plants are pictured, as the flora of the colonies quickly became available in Europe.

Henry Fletcher (1710–1750) worked in London, and produced engravings possessing some merit. He most excelled as an engraver of flowers, notably The Twelve Months of Flowers and The Twelve Months of Fruits, engraved from drawings by Pieter Casteels, made in 1730 for a publication by Robert Furber, the well-known gardener. He also engraved some fine plates of birds from drawings by Casteels and Charles Collins.

See examples at the Cleveland Museum of Art (https://www.clevelandart.org/print/art/1945.243).

Also see an interesting discussion about these prints in relationship with John Custis IV (1678-1749) who not only had one of Williamsburg’s most important gardens, but he also had one of the largest art collections in the city. He ordered and received the twelve monthof fruit from London. See Furber's Flowers (https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/furbers-flowers/).

See: The Art of The Garden: Collection Antique Botanical Prints, Denise DeLaurentis & Holly Powers Holt, Page 113-117, for discussion and illustration of examples at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.

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