George
Brookshaw was a teacher of flower painting who had
a very remarkable talent of displaying specimen fruits
in a beautiful and attractive way. The color prints
are unexcelled in the world. Complete volumes of
Pomona Britannica sell when available for
$3,000. Individual prints range in price from $50 to
more than $100 each when such can be found. His books
were:
Pomona Britannica: or a collection of the most
established fruits at present cultivated in Gt.
Britain: selected from the Royal Gardens at Hampton
Court and from the most celebrated gardens around
London accurately drawn and colored from nature.
(1808-1812) 2 volumes
The Horticultural Repository, containing
delineations of the best varieties of the different
species of English fruits to which are added the
blossoms and leaves. (1821) Part I
A Treatise on Flower Painting. (1819)
