Rivers, May

Apples, pears, peaches and grapes glow in rich chromolithographic colour in these prints by May Rivers, drawn for John Wrigh...

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Apples, pears, peaches and grapes glow in rich chromolithographic colour in these prints by May Rivers, drawn for John Wright's Fruit Grower's Guide in the 1890s. Her plates often group several varieties together, so that small differences of shape, skin, ripeness and foliage become the real subject. Plums and soft fruits join the orchard staples, citrus, figs, bananas and other less familiar fruits reach beyond the British orchard, and decorative title pages bring in berries and nuts, recording the appearance and names of fruit grown in Victorian gardens, orchards and glasshouses.

Apples, pears, peaches and grapes glow in rich chromolithographic colour in these prints by May Rivers, drawn for John Wright's Fruit Grower's Guide in the 1890s. Her plates often group several varieties together, so that small differences of shape, skin, ripeness and foliage become the real subject. Plums and soft fruits join the orchard staples, citrus, figs, bananas and other less familiar fruits reach beyond the British orchard, and decorative title pages bring in berries and nuts, recording the appearance and names of fruit grown in Victorian gardens, orchards and glasshouses.

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