Caption

Flowering potato plant, print, annotation: 'Taratoufli à Philipp de Siury, acceptum Viennae 26 Januarij, 1588, Papas Peruänum Petri Ciecae', Belgium, 1830 - 1910, printmaker, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 347 mm x width 231 mm, Print after the earliest known representation of a potato plant: a watercolor with a note by Carolus Clusius., potatoes, plants cultivated for their edible roots or tubers, eg potato, turnip, A detailed pencil drawing of a tall plant with a central stem and branching stalks bearing leaves, buds, and blossoms, showing textured veins and shading on the leaves and stems, small clustered buds along the branches, a few fully opened flowers near the top with visible petals, and two separate rounded tuber-like objects depicted near the bottom, all rendered on a plain background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B17_448

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Rights managed

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56.3Mb (10.5Mb) / 12.1in x 18.1in / 3616 x 5444 (300dpi)

Keywords

Flowering potato plant print annotation Taratoufli à Philipp de Siury acceptum Viennae 26 Januarij 1588 Papas Peruänum Petri Ciecae Belgium 1830 - 1910 printmaker paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 347 mm x width 231 mm Print earliest representation potato plant watercolor note Carolus Clusius potatoes plants cultivated edible roots tubers eg potato turnip detailed pencil drawing tall plant central stem branching stalks bearing leaves buds blossoms showing textured veins shading stems small clustered branches fully opened flowers near top visible petals two separate rounded tuber- objects depicted near bottom rendered plain background