Watercolour painting of a large blue coloured 'Melon de Malaga', shown on the stem with leaves. LR: 'Regne Vegetal / Melon De Malaga, I'est d'une chair blanche comme La neige, ayant des graines tres longues et assez grandes /n'a pour ainsi dire de pelure, il est tres sucre, mais d'un arriere gout de concombre, cependant assez bon, il s'en trouve d'unis / et de Dentelles a la meme tige, Cru a Iseghem en Septembre 1818'; signed by the artist: 'B. Cromber pixt'. Plant Kingdom, Melon From Malaga, with snow white flesh, very long and fairly large seeds / has almost no peel, it is very sweet, but with a taste of cucumber, however quite good, the stem looks like laces, Iseghem September 1818.
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper