Watercolour painting of Ananas (pineapple) growing on the stem, with a cut section of fruit. LC: 'Regne Vegetal / Fruit du grand annanas [sic] du jardin a Iseghem, a 1813 / l'ananas a feuilles vertes san epines , et celui a feuilles foncees dites / ananas noir, n'out pas le fruit si grand, il y en a bien g. Especes'; LR: signed by the artist: 'J.C. Verburgge f'. Plant Kingdom, Fruit of the large pineapple from the garden in Iseghem [Izegem], 1813. The pineapple has dark green spiked leaves, the black pineapple does not have large fruit…[?]'. Iseghem is an historic spelling of Izegem. The current botanical name is Ananas comosus
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper