Watercolour painting of six small red tomatoes growing on the vine. LC: 'Regne Vegetal / Plantes annuelle sont voici le nuit appelle Pomme d'amour (Paravil appel) on sen [?] dans les mels [?] et ragouts pour les al saisonnier on en trouve de deux sortes don’t une a cotes la meme figure approchante a cette ci et meme couleur et d'un egal usage ou Tomathes'; LL: signed by the artist: 'J.C. Verbrugge F D'll'. Plant Kingdom/ annual plant, known as the love apple or tomato…used in stews and seasoning… it has the same use and colour as the tomato. The name 'tomato' was used alongside the name 'pomme d'amour' in horticultural and culinary literature in France and Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). paper