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Government Documents & Art and Design

Think only museums have art? The Government has been a supporter and producer of art since its inception!

 

                             Government Created Art                        VS.                                  Private Art     

 

https://usdawatercolors.nal.usda.gov/download/POM00007345/screen      A sprig of blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)

Artist:                                                                                                                                           Artist:
Schutt, Ellen Isham, 1873-1955                                                                                             Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519)
Scientific name:                                                                                                                        Title:
Rubus subg. Rubus Watson                                                                                                   A sprig of blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
Year:                                                                                                                                             Year:
1912                                                                                                                                             c.1505-10
 
"U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection.                             Royal Collection Trust
Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library,                                             https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/912425
Beltsville, MD 20705"                                                                                                                /a-sprig-of-blackberry-rubus-fruticosus