Drawer III of VII

Fruit & vegetables

Fruit and vegetables as the pomologists painted them: pears, apples, plums and peaches from the Dutch and Belgian fruit books, grape varieties of the vineyards of France, the citrus of the Hesperides, and the mangosteen, durian and cacao of Java by Berthe Hoola van Nooten.

131 prints

Before 1750 14 1750 to 1799 7 1800 to 1849 24 1850 and after 68

Order: Finest firstOldest first Newest first Price, low to high Price, high to low

Set of 2

Set of Two Antique Prints, Citrus Decumana, Xanthochymus Dulcis, circa 1870

$1,690

1870 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Theobroma Cacao, Cocoa Tree Botanical Lithograph c.1863

$1,690

1863 · 41.5 × 55 cm

Antique Botany Print of a White Cacao Tree by Van Nooten, circa 1875

$1,690

1875 · 41.5 × 55 cm

Rare Botanical Date Palm Engraving by J.C. Volkamer, Nazareth, 1713

$1,635

1713 · 21.9 × 36 cm

De Bry Indian Botanical Engravings, Coconut, Bamboo & Cashew Trees, c.1598

$1,625

1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm

De Bry Botanical Engravings, Pineapple, Mango & Pepper Plants, c.1598

$1,625

1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm

Antique Date Palm & Coconut Botanical Scene, Phoenix & Cocos, c.1831

$1,580

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique White Cacao Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,565

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Durian Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,520

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Papaya Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,455

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Star Fruit Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,455

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Cashew Tree Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,410

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Banana Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,395

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Set of 3

Set of 3 Antique Prints of Mythological Scenes on Lemon Varieties by Ferrari

$1,350

Date not stated · 24 × 35 cm

Antique Mango Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,340

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Java Plum Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,340

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Cacao Tree (Theobroma cacao) 1880

$1,235

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Sugar Apple Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,230

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Bullock's Heart Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,230

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Wax Apple Blossom Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c.1880

$1,230

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Wax Apple Fruit Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,230

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Soursop Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,230

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Poison Arrow Vine, c.1880

$1,120

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of False Mangosteen, c.1880

$1,010

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Set of 3

Set of Three Antique Prints of Various Green / White Grape Varieties, 1821

$960

1821 · 20 × 30 cm

Original Antique Jackfruit Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, 1880

$960

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Annona Reticulata, Custard Apple Botanical Lithograph c.1864

$900

1864 · 43 × 55.5 cm

Sizygium Jambolanum, Java Plum Botanical Lithograph c.1863

$900

1863 · 41.5 × 55 cm

Otophora Alata Antique Lithograph Print, Circa 1875, Botanical Art

$900

1875 · 41.5 × 55 cm

Lansium Domesticum, Langsat Botanical Lithograph c.1863

$900

1863 · 41.5 × 55 cm

Original Antique Rambutan Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c.1880

$895

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of the Asian Fruit Langsat, c.1880

$895

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Original Antique Mangosteen Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, 1880

$895

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Olive Botanical Print, Hand Colored Copper Engraving, c.1831

$880

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Fig Botanical Print, Ficus Carica, Hand Colored, c.1831

$780

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Original Antique Winged Lychee Botanical Print by Hoola van Nooten, 1880

$765

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Chestnut Botanical Print, Castanea Vesca, Hand Colored, c.1831

$730

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Carob Botanical Print, Ceratonia Siliqua, Hand Colored, c.1831

$675

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Grape Botanical Engraving, Vitis Vinifera, Hand Colored, c.1831

$655

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Grape Varieties Botanical Print, Vitis Vinifera Study, c.1831

$635

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Set of 4

Set of four Antique Prints of Green / White Grape Varieties

$630

Date not stated · 25 × 35 cm

Botanical Marvels of India: Bamboo and Durian in De Bry's 1601 Copper Engraving

$620

1601 · 20 × 30 cm

Cornucopia of India: Pineapples, Betel, Date Palms, Soursop, and Mangoes, 1601

$620

1601 · 20 × 30 cm

Set of 3

New Zealand Botanical Fruit Studies, Set of Three Lithographs, 1890

$610

1890 · 24.3 × 31.2 cm

Set of 3

New Zealand Native Berry Plants, Set of Three Hand-Colored Lithographs, 1890

$610

1890 · 24.3 × 31.2 cm

Set of 3

New Zealand Native Plants & Fruits, Set of Three Botanical Lithographs, 1890

$610

1890 · 24.3 × 31.2 cm

Antique Fruit Prints, Pears, Strawberry, Apple with Insects, circa 1850

$610

1850 · 20.5 × 26 cm

Set of 6

Antique Fruit Chromolithographs, Pears and Apples, Set of Six, Calwer 1854

$610

1854 · 20.5 × 26.5 cm

About fruit & vegetables

Before photography, nurseries and gardeners named their fruit from painted plates. The pomologies, books of fruit varieties, record hundreds of apples, pears, plums, peaches and grapes, many of which are now lost. Knoop's Pomologia of 1758, the Dutch and Belgian fruit books of the 1870s and the French grape varieties of 1890 are all here.

Tropical fruit was a marvel to European readers. De Bry engraved the pineapple and durian from travellers' reports in 1601, and Berthe Hoola van Nooten painted the mangosteen, rambutan and cacao of Java from life for her chromolithographs of 1863.

Explore

By maker, by plant and by place.

Makers and books

Van Houtte's Flore des Serres 39 Curtis's Botanical Magazine 24 Hoola van Nooten's fruits and flowers of Java 26 Bertuch's Bilderbuch 40 Sowerby's English Botany 18 Plenck's medicinal plants 10 Edward Step's Favourite Flowers 48 Maund's Botanic Garden 11 E.J. Lowe's ferns 6 Fries's Swedish mushrooms 9 De Bry's India Orientalis 11 Müller's orchids of Germany (1904) 18 Alpine flora 54

Subjects

Roses 13 Lilies and bulbs 40 Rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas 15 Begonias and foliage plants 32 Cacti, aloes and succulents 29 Carnivorous plants 6 Wildflowers 45 Water plants and water lilies 26 Grapes and vines 17 Apples, pears and plums 28 Citrus and the Hesperides 7 Tropical fruit 47 Spices 29 Medicinal plants 45 Coffee, tea, tobacco and cotton 23 Palms 16 Ferns and mosses 62 Grasses and grain 38

Places

Java and the East Indies 27 The Cape and Africa 12 Australia and New Zealand 7 The Americas 14 Japan and China 14

Questions about fruit & vegetables

Are fruit prints a good choice for a kitchen or dining room?

Yes, and they are traditionally hung there. Matched pairs and sets from one fruit book, such as the grape or pear series, hang especially well together.