Landscape – Fruit and Flowers
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 19 13/16 × 27 1/2 in. (50.4 × 69.8 cm) Image with text: 21 3/16 × 27 1/2 in. (53.8 × 69.9 cm) Sheet: 23 3/4 × 30 5/16 in. (60.3 × 77 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession Number
63.550.262
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Art Historical Context
This vibrant hand-colored lithograph, created in 1862 by artist Frances Flora Bond Palmer for the renowned firm Currier & Ives, captures a lush still-life arrangement of strawberries, grapes, and blooming flowers set against a serene landscape backdrop, complete with birds perched among the foliage. Palmer, one of the most prolific female artists working for the company, specialized in such abundant natural scenes that celebrated America’s agricultural richness during the mid-19th century. As a hand-colored lithograph, the work exemplifies the era’s innovative printmaking techniques, which al...