15 votes In 1886, the US Government commissioned 7,500 watercolor paintings of every known fruit in the world Posted September 16, 2019 by Sybil_Fleming Tags: painting.watercolor, usa, usda, public domain, pomology, commissions, history, 19th century, author.josh jones, source.openculture http://www.openculture.com/2019/06/the-us-government-commissioned-7500-watercolor-paintings.html Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Authors Josh Jones Published Jun 25 2019 Word count 753 words 5 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK [3] Sybil_Fleming (OP) September 16, 2019 Link Official USDA Pomological Watercolors collection WikiMedia Commons mirror Official USDA Pomological Watercolors collection WikiMedia Commons mirror 6 votes [2] tesseractcat September 16, 2019 Link Parent Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution? Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution? 2 votes Sybil_Fleming (OP) September 16, 2019 (edited October 26, 2019) Link Parent It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). 4 votes est September 17, 2019 Link This is amazing. I want a printed version along with multi languages and trivia about that fruit. This is amazing. I want a printed version along with multi languages and trivia about that fruit. 2 votes babypuncher September 17, 2019 Link These would make an amazing coffee table book These would make an amazing coffee table book 2 votes
[3] Sybil_Fleming (OP) September 16, 2019 Link Official USDA Pomological Watercolors collection WikiMedia Commons mirror Official USDA Pomological Watercolors collection WikiMedia Commons mirror 6 votes [2] tesseractcat September 16, 2019 Link Parent Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution? Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution? 2 votes Sybil_Fleming (OP) September 16, 2019 (edited October 26, 2019) Link Parent It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). 4 votes
[2] tesseractcat September 16, 2019 Link Parent Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution? Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution? 2 votes Sybil_Fleming (OP) September 16, 2019 (edited October 26, 2019) Link Parent It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). 4 votes
Sybil_Fleming (OP) September 16, 2019 (edited October 26, 2019) Link Parent It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on wget, jq, and bash). 4 votes
est September 17, 2019 Link This is amazing. I want a printed version along with multi languages and trivia about that fruit. This is amazing. I want a printed version along with multi languages and trivia about that fruit. 2 votes
babypuncher September 17, 2019 Link These would make an amazing coffee table book These would make an amazing coffee table book 2 votes
Official USDA Pomological Watercolors collection
WikiMedia Commons mirror
Is there a torrent, or some way to bulk download all of the paintings in high resolution?
It's possible to scrape wikimedia commons using this shell script (depends on
wget,jq, andbash).This is amazing. I want a printed version along with multi languages and trivia about that fruit.
These would make an amazing coffee table book