Cashew nut or acajou (Anacardium occidentale): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1772.

  • Forbes, James, 1749-1819.
Date:
[1st June 1813]
Reference:
20127i
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Description

Cashew nuts are edible when roasted, a drink is made from the fruit and the crushed nutshells yield a liquid used in brake-linings, clutches and plastic resins

Publication/Creation

[London (Fleet Street)] : [White, Cochrane & Co.], [1st June 1813]

Physical description

1 print : aquatint with etching, with watercolour

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Lettering

The Cajew or Cashew Apple of Malabar. W.Hooker fecit. Jam.Forbes, Anjengo 1772. Bears number: 26

References note

See further: J. Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, vol. 4, London, 1813, pp. 351-379

Reference

Wellcome Collection 20127i

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