Service tree (Sorbus torminalis): fruiting branch held in a hand with diseased skin. Coloured etching by G. Edwards, c. 1756, after himself.

  • Edwards, George, 1694-1773.
Date:
1756
Reference:
25321i
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Description

Service tree fruit is edible when bletted like a medlar and may be fermented into a kind of cider

Publication/Creation

1756.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 23.3 x 18.7 cm

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Lettering

The hand of a boy with a distempered skin - and the common servis - Sorbus torminalis se Geralds Herbal by Johnson page 1471 George Edwards delin et sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 25321i

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