Twelve Months of Fruit: February (1732): Art, History and Details

Twelve Months of Fruit: February (1732) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henry Fletcher (British, active 1715–38).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Unlike in books from the previous century, Furber’s etchings were colored by hand with watercolor in a realistic manner. The example to the left, which had not yet been painted, demonstrates the conceptual importance of color. Watercolor enhances the three-dimensional effect of each fruit and adds significant visual interest. Although these prints fulfilled a utilitarian purpose, their decorative quality was also appreciated: they were reissued in numerous editions from the 1730s through the 1750s.

Object facts

• Title: Twelve Months of Fruit: February
• Date: 1732
• Creator attribution: Henry Fletcher (British, active 1715–38)
• Culture: England, 18th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: engraving, hand-colored
• Dimensions: Sheet: 48.4 x 38 cm (19 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Platemark: 41.3 x 34.3 cm (16 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1949.410

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

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