Long-an
1831
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1831
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Long-an is a 1831 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a tree with fruit. It's a long-an fruit tree. The tree was painted on special paper from the West. This paper was imported to China because it was good quality. The painting is interesting because it shows a tree that was new to people in Britain. People who traveled brought back pictures of new plants. Check it out at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a densely foliaged, rounded tree with compound leaves consisting of 2–5 pairs of dark green leaflets, each 2–6 inches long, and whitish-green undersides. Small yellow flowers appear in clusters at branch ends and leaf bases in April, followed by rounded, yellowish-brown fruit containing white, edible pulp around a dark brown seed. Executed on imported western paper in 1831, the work reflects 19th-century British interest in unfamiliar flora. It was accessioned into the collection in 1886, with its acquisition source and method remaining unidentified.
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