플루누스 페르시카 레드리버
1911
Before photography could capture the perfect blush of a summer fruit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture hired artists like Ellen Isham Schutt to do the job by hand. This 1911 illustration documents the 'Red River' peach, showcasing both its fuzzy, pale-yellow exterior hanging from a leafy branch and the intricate, woody pit hidden inside a cross-section. Schutt was a prolific botanical illustrator who created thousands of these scientific records for the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, essentially building a visual library of American agriculture. The handwritten notes at the bottom reveal the meticulous tracking involved, noting exactly when she sketched it in July and finished it in August at the Arlington Experimental Farm.
- Technique
- Watercolor