December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #20

Persimmon and Cicada, with poem by Chikujin (or Takehito)
Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai

Edo period / Surimono woodblock print in shikishiban format
7 11/16″x6 13/16″ / Various collections, including Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #15

Marion Feasting the British Officer on Sweet Potatoes
by George Washington Mark

1848 / Oil on canvas / 31 7/8″x37 7/16″ / National Gallery of Art, DC

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George Washington Mark painted another version of this scene the same year.
That canvas is part of the collection of the New-York Historical Society.

December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #12

Indian Squirrel and Tamarind by William Hooker after James Forbes

1769 / Hand-colored aquatint engraving / 11 3/4″x8 7/8″ approx.
Various collections, including the British Library, London, UK

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The Art & Science of Indian Botanicals
https://sarmaya.in/spotlight/the-art-science-of-indian-botanicals/