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Sale of West India Pine Apples, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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Sale of West India Pine Apples, 1844. Scene in a London warehouse during the '...sale of upwards of 2700 West Indian Pine-Apples, by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, of Monument-yard...We have heard of pine-apples being so abundant in the West Indies, as to be used, when cut horizontally, for scrubbing ships' decks, the acid of the fruit serving to whiten the timbers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM21A07_407

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Droits gérés

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54,9Mo (4,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,8cm / 4960 x 3871 (300dpi)

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nature building people male interior man men fruit plant plants West Indies indies trade warehouse warehouses guy British buying pineapple Victorian century sale pineapples Britain inside newspapers press import B&W 19th century Indoors black & white black and white B W nineteenth century West Indian The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving Unknown importer Ananas sativus