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Title
'
King
of
Tompkins
County
Apple
'
illustration
Subject
Dewey, Dellon Marcus, 1819-1889
Nurseries (Horticulture)--Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Botanical illustration
Time Period
1870s
Place
Rochester (New York)
Monroe County (New York)
Description
"
King
of
Tompkins
County
Apple
"
is
an
illustration
from "The
Specimen
Book
of
Fruits
,
Flowers
and
Ornamental
Trees
.
Carefully
Drawn
and
Colored
from
Nature
for the
Use
of
Nurserymen
"
(Rochester
:
D.M
.
Dewey
,
1872)
. The
image
is
of a
bright
red
apple
with
leaves
and a
broken
stem
set
against
an
off-white
background
. The
words
"
M
.
Dewey's
Series
colored
from
nature
" are
printed
in the
lower
left
corner
; in the
lower
right
corner
is
printed
"
American
Fruits
and
Flowers.
"
Penciled
notations
include
"
1/4
" "
W
" and "
g.
"
Dellon
Marcus
Dewey
(1819-1889)
was a
bookseller
and
publisher
in
Rochester
,
New
York
. He
recognized
an
opportunity
in the
booming
horticulture
industry
of the
mid-
to
late
1800s
.
Beginning
in the
late
1850s
Dewey
produced
"
plates
"
brightly
colored
illustrations
of
fruits
,
flowers
, and
ornamental
trees
.
Traveling
sales
representatives
from
nurseries
used
these
plates
to
market
their
company's
products
to
consumers
. By the
1870s
Dewey
began
compiling
portfolios
and
custom
plate
books
and
portfolios
for
customers
. He
employed
a
staff
of
artists
and
other
workers
to
create
the
images
. In
1888
Dewey
merged
his
company
with
Rochester
Lithographing
and
Printing
Company
, a
firm
noted
for its
expertise
in
chromolithography
.
Dewey
died
late
the
following
year
.
Creator
D.M. Dewey (Publisher)
Date of Original
1872
Collection
Printed
Material
Source
Library
Format
Picture
;
Lithographs
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05787.tif
Image Height
1831
Image Width
1831
File Size
14873652 Bytes
Notes
Cataloged
:
Yes
;
Museum
Catalog
Number
:
631.5214
M835
Date created
2011-08-05
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