Charlotte Younge

Cucumber

7 x 10 inches

Hand coloured lithograph by Charlotte Younge published in London i n 1858.

This is one from a larger series of lithographs of vegetables, garden fruits and medicinal plants from Charlotte Yonge's Lessons from the Vegetable World. The complete group comprises strawberries, grapes, cherries, pears, apples and peaches. Charlotte Yonge (1823-1901) was a famous English novelist and illustrator.