The fruit woman – Historic Reproduction
![The fruit woman, [England : Publisher not named, 1788] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c47f519b4faf-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The fruit woman comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Titled simply *The fruit woman*, this English mezzotint dates to 1788, a period when London print shops produced large numbers of caricatures and social types for a buying public. Fruit sellers were a familiar sight on English streets, and printmakers often used such vendors as stock figures, sometimes for humor and sometimes for comment on class and manners. Mezzotint builds its images from tonal gradations rather than lines, which gave engravers a soft, rich surface well suited to figures like this. The record names no artist or publisher, so the print's precise intent remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [England : Publisher not named, 1788] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : mezzotint. |
| Genre | compiled in 1968 (NC 1470.M4. Vol. 2). Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available on microfilm, British Political and Social Cartoons |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, British Political and Social Caricatures |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157830 |
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