BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823) Pears, Plate LXXIX (79) Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Thornton assembled the finest flower

Thornton assembled the finest flower painters to paint the original designs that served as the basis for the engravings

Barre was so talented

and is considered the first delineation of present-day New York City on a printed map

More scholarship may finally ascertain the author and precise date of this map

Gravell/Miller: A Catalogue of American Watermarks

BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823) Pears, Plate LXXIX (79) Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Thornton assembled the finest flowerGeorge Brookshaw (1751 1823) Pears, Plate LXXIX (79) Pomona Britannica London: 1804 1812 Hand colored aquatint engravings The publication of the Pomona marked the re emergence of the acclaimed artist into the public eye after a total disappearance of nearly a decade. A successful cabinetmaker with the patronage of the Prince of Wales, Brookshaw suddenly disappeared from view in the mid 1790s, and with the Pomona he not only trumpeted his return but