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Dacca Bananas
Two short, thick bananas hang from a dark stalk, their yellow skins freckled and scuffed exactly as picked. An honest portrait from 1906 Florida.
Format
Frame colour(classic moulded)
Black frame
Size
£46
Printed and shipped in the United Kingdom, near you. No customs, no import duty. Delivery calculated at checkout.
Arrives in about 4 to 5 business days.
If a print arrives damaged or faulty, we will replace or refund it. See Returns.
Made for you when you order, printed in our studio.
About this print
The honesty is the charm: every freckle, bruise, and split in the skin is recorded, because the point of the plate was accuracy, not appetite. Ellen Isham Schutt painted this pair of Dacca bananas on 31 August 1906 from a specimen grown at Miami in Dade County, Florida, working for the US Department of Agriculture's pomological watercolour programme, the fruit-documentation studio the department ran from 1886 to 1942 in the years before colour photography. Her signature and the variety name are still inked into the lower margin. The watercolour is held by the USDA National Agricultural Library and is now in the public domain. It brings a grin to a kitchen, a hallway, or a child's room. Printed to order at gallery scale in its own fixed palette.
Materials and sizes
Printed on 200 gsm enhanced matte art paper using archival pigment inks (giclée process). Framed prints use a classic moulded gallery frame in your chosen colour finish; the glazing is shatter-resistant acrylic. Made to order for you, in your colours.
- A48.3×11.7"
- A311.7×16.5"
- A216.5×23.4"
- A123.4×33.1"
