Pomme d'amour (Tomato)

Information

Title
Pomme d'amour (Tomato)
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/RV/V1/32
Author or creator
Verbrugge; Jean Charles (1756-1831); Artist
Date
c.1800
Scope & content
Watercolour painting of six small red tomatoes growing on the vine. 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.
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Watercolour on laid paper, bound
Is part of
Regne Végétal
Pagination
Volume 1, page 32
Subjects
edible
vine tomato
solanum,
Repository
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Public Domain