Knowledge and Labour (assisted by the 4 Elements) preventing the Gardener with A Cornucopia of Fruits which are ye product of ye Hotest Climates (BM 1912,0308.2)

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Knowledge and Labour (assisted by the 4 Elements) preventing the Gardener with A Cornucopia of Fruits which are ye product of ye Hotest Climates (BM 1912,0308.2)

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Allegorical scene with a male figure kneeling, holding up a basket of fruit, a female figure beside him wearing a winged helmet and holding a barometer, before a gentleman, who holds up a pineapple, a pineapple plant and with an open book labelled 'Miller's Dic.y' at his feet, figures of the earth, air, fire and water gathered around a tree to right, with a greenhouse in the background to right, a garden with a neo-classical arch to left; a proof before text
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1754
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British Museum
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