Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9341
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"Capsicum fructu oblongo rugoso..."
Date
ca.1730
Creator
Jacob van Huysum (1682 - 1745, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 377mm
width (painting): 268mm
width (painting): 268mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of a pepper plant, Capsicum, with long red peppers and unripe green fruit.
Description of the specimen inscribed in ink: "Capsicum fructu recurvo rubro oblongo rugosa apice, Rand. n.10." ['Pepper fruit red wrinkled, elongated curved tip']. Not signed.
Jacob van Huysum (1688 – 1740) Dutch botanical painter was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Description of the specimen inscribed in ink: "Capsicum fructu recurvo rubro oblongo rugosa apice, Rand. n.10." ['Pepper fruit red wrinkled, elongated curved tip']. Not signed.
Jacob van Huysum (1688 – 1740) Dutch botanical painter was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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