Breadfruit Botanical Art

Breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis

Breadfruit Botanical Art

Young man carrying fruit of a breadfruit tree, Fiji

Fig. 1

Young man carrying fruit of a breadfruit tree, Fiji (postcard)

Two Tahitian men preparing breadfruits

Fig. 2

Two Tahitian men preparing breadfruits from Charles Augustus Keeler's book Tahiti the Golden

Transplanting of the bread-fruit trees from Otaheite

Transplanting of the bread-fruit trees from Otaheite

Fig. 3

Transplanting of the bread-fruit trees from Otaheite by T. Gosse

Bread Fruit Tree Ikorofiong, Calabar, Nigeria

Fig. 4

Bread Fruit Tree Ikorofiong, Calabar, Nigeria (black and white lantern slide)

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]

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Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Le pain naturel] [syn. Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]

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Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Le pain naturel] [syn. Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Otahiti-Brodbaum]

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Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Otahiti-Brodbaum] (watercolour)

Fig. 8

'Breadfruit' by Arman Manookian, Honolulu Museum of Art, 1928

Fig. 9

'Breadfruit' by Marguerite Girvin Gillin, Bishop Museum, c. 1884

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Fig. ¹ "Young man carrying fruit of a breadfruit tree, Fiji." Missions des Peres Maristes en Oceanie, Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris-VIe. Source: University of Southern California Libraries, c. 1900-1930, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ² Keeler, Charles Augustus. "Two Tahitian men preparing breadfruits." Tahiti the Golden, San Francisco: Oceanic Steamship Company, 1902, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ³Gosse, T. London, T Gosse. "Transplanting of the bread-fruit trees from Otaheite." University of Missouri-Kansas City, Painted and engraved by T Gosse, 1796, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ⁴"Bread Fruit Tree Ikorofiong, Calabar, Nigeria." Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., Black and white lantern slide, c. 1900-1910, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, commons.wikimedia.org. Public domain. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ⁵Guilding, L. "Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]." Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, t. 2791-2875, vol. 55 [ser. 2, vol. 2]: t. 2870, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1828, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ⁶"Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Le pain naturel] [syn. Artocarpus incisus (Thunb.) L.f.]." Denisse, E., Flore d’Amérique, t. 129, New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A., 1843-1846, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ⁷von Panhuys, Louise. "Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg [as Otahiti-Brodbaum]." Panhuys, L. von, Watercolours of Surinam (1811-1824) [unpublished], t. L22, fig. right, Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1813, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.
Fig. ⁸ Manookian, Arman. "Breadfruit." Honolulu Museum of Art, private collection, 1928, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arman_Manookian_-_Hawai3.jpg. Accessed 6 July 2020.
Fig. ⁹Girvin Gillin, Marguerite. "Breadfruit." Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, Forbes, David W., 1778-1941, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, p. 171, c. 1884, Bishop Museum, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breadfruit_by_Marguerite_Girvin_Gillin,_c._1884,_Bishop_Museum.jpg. Accessed 6 July 2020.

Published 28 Mar. 2017 LR. Last update 6 July 2020 LR