Rubus Golden Queen
1916
Ellen Isham Schutt painted this luscious cluster of "Golden Queen" raspberries in 1916, capturing the fruit at various stages of ripeness from green buds to deep orange-red berries. As a prolific botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, she created thousands of these meticulous watercolors to document new fruit varieties for farmers and growers. The handwritten notes at the bottom reveal it was based on a specimen from Georgetown, D.C., freezing a specific moment in agricultural history with scientific precision and artistic charm.
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