Attributed to Verbrugge; Jean Charles (1756-1831); Attributed Artist
Date
1815
Scope & content
Watercolour of a large grapefruit or pomelo, with measurement lines marked horizontally 'B' and vertically 'A' to indicate the size. Plant Kingdom / This fruit came on 15 January 1815 from Ostend [Belgium], must be the grapefruit [or pomelo?], a species of citrus, this one is oblong, the other is round and as large as the head of an infant. In India they are cut and serve to sweep them on the floor or apartments. It weighed two and a half pounds plus an eighth, old Bruges weight. Mr Jonnaert[?] the son [ie junior] having given it to me, I preserved it whole.' signed JVH [Joseph van Huerne]; TL: 'A' indicates the circumference of its whole length