Blackberry Botanical Art

Blackberry
Rubus spp.

Fig. 1

Blackberries in a vase

New blackberry Mersereau, H. S. Wiley & Son

Fig. 2

New blackberry 'Mersereau', H. S. Wiley & Son

Blackberries and magnolia grandiflora

Fig. 3

Blackberries, Ellen Thayer Fisher, Boston Public Library, 1886

Fig. 4

Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie
Heda Willem Claesz, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany, 1631

Fig. 5

Gathering wild blackberries
Winslow Homer, Boston Public Library, 1880

Fig. 6

Blackberry Gathering
Elizabeth Forbes, Walker Art Gallery, 1912

Women picking evergreen blackberries in western Oregon

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Women picking evergreen blackberries in western Oregon, 1910

Blackberry, from the Fruits series (N12)

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Blackberry, from the Fruits series (N12)
for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, print, George S. Harris & Sons

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Fig. ¹ Spencer, Lilly Martin. "Blackberries in a Vase." Boston Public Library, 1861-1897, Flickr, (CC BY 2.0), www.flickr.com/photos/24029425@N06/4772609114. Accessed 22 Aug. 2023.
Fig. ²"New blackberry Mersereau." Biodiversity Heritage Library, H. S. Wiley & Son, Seed & Nursery Catalogs, 1898, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H.S._Wiley_and_Son_materials_(Page_27)_BHL47926410.jpg. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Fig. ³Thayer Fisher, Ellen. "Blackberries and magnolia grandiflora." Boston Public Library, Louis Prang and Company Collection, Dec. 1886, Public Domain, {{PD-1996}}, Image cropped, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellen_Thayer_Fisher_1861–1897_Blackberries.jpg. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Fig. ⁴Willem Claesz. Heda. "Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie." Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany, Web Galery of Art, Oil on oak panel, 1631, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, {{PD-1996}}, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heda,_Willem_Claeszoon_-_Breakfast_Table_with_Blackberry_Pie_-_WGA.jpg. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Fig. ⁵Homer, Winslow. "Gathering wild blackberries." Boston Public Library, Winslow Homer Collection, Wood engraving, Published in: Scribner's Monthly, April 1880, Public Domain, {{PD-1996}}, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gathering_wild_blackberries_(Boston_Public_Library).jpg. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Fig. 6Forbes, Elizabeth, Adela. "Blackberry Gathering." Walker Art Gallery, Bequeathed by W. J. Ladeveze Davies, 1953, Oil on canvas, 1912, Public Domain, {{PD-1996}}, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Adela_Forbes_-_Blackberry_Gathering_1912.jpg. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Fig. ⁷"Women picking evergreen blackberries in western Oregon." Oregon State University, Special Collections & Archives Research Center, P062:Acc95 044 blackberries, 1910, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons via Flick Commons,commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_picking_evergreen_blackberries_in_western_Oregon,_1910_(7951535212).jpg. Accessed 20 Sept. 2023.
Fig. ⁸"Blackberry, from the Fruits series (N12)." Metropolitan Museum of Art, Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, print, George S. Harris & Sons (MET, 63.350.201.12.5), 1891, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackberry,_from_the_Fruits_series_(N12)_for_Allen_%26_Ginter_Cigarettes_Brands_MET_
DP834607.jpg. Accessed 20 Sept. 2023.

Published 20 Sept. 2023 LR