Cacao Botanical Art

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Theobroma cacao L.

Cacao Botanical Art

Theobroma cacao L.

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Advertising poster for Chocolat Idéal by Alphons Mucha

Immigrant workers from India relaxing on a cacao estate in Trinidad

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Immigrant workers from India relaxing on a cacao estate in Trinidad

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La Tasse de chocolat by Pierre Auguste Renoir

Bodegón con servicio de chocolate. Still Life with Chocolate Service

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Still Life with Chocolate Service by Luis Egidio Melendez

Die-cut leaflet advertising Bournvelle cocoa, Ca. Cadbury Ltd.

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Die-cut leaflet advertising Bournvelle cocoa, Ca. Cadbury Ltd.

St. Nicholas advertisements 51.

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Botanical Prints

Fig.¹"Theobroma cacao L." Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 12(3): fasicle 96, t. 16, Martius, C., Eichler, A. G., Urban, I., Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1886, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Apr. 2015.
Fig.² Vietz, F. B. "Theobroma cacao L." Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum, vol. 1: t. 35, Vietz, F. B., Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1800, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Apr. 2015.
Fig.³ Descourtilz, J. T. "Theobroma cacao L." Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 4: t. 266, Descourtilz, M. E., Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1827, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Apr. 2015.
Fig.⁴"Theobroma cacao L." Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: t. 1572, Köhler, F. E., Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1890, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Apr. 2015.
Fig.⁵"Theobroma cacao L." Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: t. 1571. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1890, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Apr. 2015.
Fig.⁶"Theobroma cacao L." Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, vol. 4: t. 392, Zorn, J., Oskamp, D. L., 1800, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Apr. 2015.
Fig.⁷Mucha, Alphons. "Advertising poster for Chocolat Idéal." Wikimedia Commons, c.1860, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 14 June 2017.
Fig.^{8 "}Immigrant workers from India relaxing on a cacao estate in Trinidad." Wikipedia, 1902, Public domain, wikipedia.org. Accessed 14 June 2017.
Fig.⁹Renoir, Pierre Auguste. "La Tasse de chocolat." Renoir au XXe siècle : catalogue de l'exposition à Paris, Galeries Nationales (Grand Palais, Champs-Élysées), 2009, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2010, p. 121, c. 1912, Public Domain, {{PD-US-expired}}, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 14 June 2017.
Fig.¹⁰Meléndez, Luis Egidio. "Bodegón con servicio de chocolate. Still Life with Chocolate Service." Museo del Prado, 1769, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, {{PD-US-expired}}, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 14 June 2017.
Fig.^{11 "}Ephemera collection: QT (Drink) Die-cut leaflet advertising Bournvelle cocoa." Ca. Cadbury Ltd., Bournville, General Collections, 1909, (CC BY 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 14 June 2017.
Fig.¹²Dodge, Mary Mapes. "St. Nicholas advertisements 51." Internet Archive Book Images, 1830-1905, Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Nicholas_(serial)_(1915)_(14784441502).jpg. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

Published 27 Apr. 2015 LR. Last update 12 Jan. 2026 LR