Fingered Citrons
1831
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1831
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Fingered Citrons is a 1831 paint by Unknown, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a few citrons with finger-like shapes. The artist drew this on special paper from the West, which was imported to China. This was a time when people in Britain were really interested in plants from other countries. They would often bring back pictures of these plants. You can see more artwork like this at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A rectangular watercolor painting on imported Western paper depicts a branch bearing two fingered citrons, citrus fruits with segmented, finger-like protrusions, surrounded by large ovate leaves in varying shades of green. The composition is set against a plain background and mounted on brown-tinted paper. The work reflects the 18th- and 19th-century British fascination with unfamiliar flora, often documented through imported paintings and specimens. Acquired in 1886, its provenance remains unspecified in the Asia Department registers.
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