Currants Collection (#10)

Label for Tunisian thread (colour litho)
982346 Label for Tunisian thread (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Label for Tunisian thread)

Child with bunches of grapes (colour photo)
3096081 Child with bunches of grapes (colour photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Child with bunches of grapes)

Woman with bunch of grapes (colour photo)
3095987 Woman with bunch of grapes (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman with bunch of grapes)

Fruit (chromolitho)
3649863 Fruit (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fruit. Illustration for Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management (Ward Lock)

The fox and the grapes (engraving)
3624876 The fox and the grapes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fox and the grapes. Illustration for Aesops Fables (Bliss Sands, 1897)

Advertisement for Chambolle-Musigny wines (chromolitho)
3639513 Advertisement for Chambolle-Musigny wines (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Muscat of Alexandria, Madresfield Court (chromolitho)
2791937 Muscat of Alexandria, Madresfield Court (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muscat of Alexandria, Madresfield Court)

Duke of Buccleuch, Gros Colman, Lady Downes Seedling (chromolitho)
2791931 Duke of Buccleuch, Gros Colman, Lady Downes Seedling (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Duke of Buccleuch, Gros Colman, Lady Downes Seedling)

Mrs Pinces Muscat, Royal Muscadine, Chasselas Vibert, Fosters Seedling, Mrs Pearson, Gros Maroc (chromolitho)
2791921 Mrs Pinces Muscat, Royal Muscadine, Chasselas Vibert, Fosters Seedling, Mrs Pearson, Gros Maroc (chromolitho) by English School

Sketches of Christmas (engraving)
2772514 Sketches of Christmas (engraving) by Coleman, William Stephen (1829-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of Christmas)

Agrarian strikes in Reggio Emilia, owners and young ladies replace farmers in the harvest (colour litho)
2814833 Agrarian strikes in Reggio Emilia, owners and young ladies replace farmers in the harvest (colour litho) by Beltrame

Celebrating the grape harvest in Alsace (colour litho)
2779755 Celebrating the grape harvest in Alsace (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Celebrating the grape harvest in Alsace)

The work of the people illustration on a biscuit label (colour litho)
669210 The work of the people illustration on a biscuit label (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French educational card)

Picking Grapes (engraving)
668262 Picking Grapes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Picking Grapes. Illustration for Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition by Charles Godrey)

Greek family returning from the harvest
LLM454264 Greek family returning from the harvest by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek family returning from the harvest)

The Cross
LLM455598 The Cross by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cross. Browns Self-Interpreting Family Bible (E Pike and Brothers, c 1870).); © Look and Learn

Grape Harvest in France (chromolitho)
735604 Grape Harvest in France (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grape Harvest in France)

The Month of October, c. 1400 (fresco)
ALI75570 The Month of October, c.1400 (fresco) by Bohemian School, (15th century); Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy; (add.info)

Dionysos, Hephaistos and satyrs, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438503 Dionysos, Hephaistos and satyrs, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

The Street Cries of Paris (engraving)
CHT441009 The Street Cries of Paris (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: les Veritables Cris de Paris; ); eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

Dionysus at sea, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438710 Dionysus at sea, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

Still life in a landscape with a female figure (oil on canvas)
BFM284243 Still life in a landscape with a female figure (oil on canvas) by German School, (18th century); 143x209 cm; Schlossmuseum, Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha

Nova 2644 fol. 56r The sale of dried grapes, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum)
ALI142951 Nova 2644 fol.56r The sale of dried grapes, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Historical views of France
6338101 Historical views of France by English School, (18th century); (add.info.: Historical views of France. Picking grapes in a vineyard in the south of France 73)

The Vine at Hampton Court (engraving)
6010308 The Vine at Hampton Court (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Vine at Hampton Court)

Practical points to watch when dressing a window (b / w photo)
6007706 Practical points to watch when dressing a window (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Practical points to watch when dressing a window)

Ancient Roman bas-reliefs depicting a grape harvest and a scene in the fields (engraving)
5997469 Ancient Roman bas-reliefs depicting a grape harvest and a scene in the fields (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Winemaking in California, USA (litho)
5997241 Winemaking in California, USA (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winemaking in California, USA)

Modern Beauty Culture: Helena Rubinstein, with some of the raw materials of her preparations (b / w photo)
5998107 Modern Beauty Culture: Helena Rubinstein, with some of the raw materials of her preparations (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Countryside scenes (coloured engraving)
5998861 Countryside scenes (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Countryside scenes)

Sacrifice to Bacchus, Wedgwood jasperware bas-relief or tablet, probably designed by John Flaxman, c1779 (autotype)
6014465 Sacrifice to Bacchus, Wedgwood jasperware bas-relief or tablet, probably designed by John Flaxman, c1779 (autotype) by English Photographer

Patras, on the North Coast of the Morea, Vessels waiting for Currants (engraving)
1620014 Patras, on the North Coast of the Morea, Vessels waiting for Currants (engraving) by Leitch, Richard Principal (fl.1844-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patras)

The Grapeseller (engraving)
1619959 The Grapeseller (engraving) by Phillip, John (1817-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Grapeseller. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 30 November 1861)

Vine - Grape vine, Vitis vinifera, with fruit, leaf, tendril and stem. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by
FLO4604700 Vine - Grape vine, Vitis vinifera, with fruit, leaf, tendril and stem. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin

The Fox and the Grapes, illustration from Fables by Jean de la Fontaine, 1905-06 (colour litho)
1748351 The Fox and the Grapes, illustration from Fables by Jean de la Fontaine, 1905-06 (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fox and grapes)

Italian peasant girls (engraving)
970402 Italian peasant girls (engraving) by Williams, Henry Penry (1798-1885); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian peasant girls)

Wine press (chromolitho)
972222 Wine press (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wine press. Educational card.); © Look and Learn

The Cross (chromolitho)
3649358 The Cross (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cross. Illustration for Browns Self-Interpreting Family Bible (John G Murdoch)

Wine-Growing in Australia, St Huberts Vineyards, Victoria (engraving)
1044390 Wine-Growing in Australia, St Huberts Vineyards, Victoria (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wine-Growing in Australia, St Huberts Vineyards)

Plants (colour litho)
3096804 Plants (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plants. Illustration for Bilder zum Anschauungsunterricht fur die Jugend by Eduard Walther (Eklingen)

Using a cannon to protect a Beaujolais vineyard from hail (colour litho)
3099169 Using a cannon to protect a Beaujolais vineyard from hail (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info)

President Fallieres of France among the grapevines at Le Loupillon, his estate near Villeneuve de Mezin
3097643 President Fallieres of France among the grapevines at Le Loupillon, his estate near Villeneuve de Mezin, France (colour litho) by French School

The Snare of Vintage (lithograph)
3097846 The Snare of Vintage (lithograph) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Snare of Vintage. Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Fol. 54v Autumn: The Grape Harvest, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis Codex Vindobonensis (vellum)
ALI142988 Fol.54v Autumn: The Grape Harvest, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis Codex Vindobonensis (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

In the Time of the Vintage (engraving)
1041632 In the Time of the Vintage (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Time of the Vintage)

Wine: Malvasia (chromolitho)
1093210 Wine: Malvasia (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wine: Malvasia. Liebig educational card.); © Look and Learn

Wine: Champagne (chromolitho)
1093208 Wine: Champagne (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wine: Champagne. Liebig educational card.); © Look and Learn

Wine: Rhine wine (chromolitho)
1093205 Wine: Rhine wine (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wine: Rhine wine. Liebig educational card.); © Look and Learn

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"Exploring the Rich History and Delightful Flavors of Currants" they have been a beloved ingredient in culinary creations for centuries, adding a burst of tangy sweetness to everything from wedding cakes to vermouth. Just like Louis Pasteur's litho, these tiny fruits have left an indelible mark on our taste buds. Intricate wall tiles patterned with pomegranates and grapes harken back to the Dutch early 17th century, reminding us that they have long been cherished as a decorative element in art and design. From flowers in a vase to fruit-filled canvases, artists throughout history have captured their vibrant essence. The Green Bowl, painted around 1920, showcases how they are take center stage in still life compositions. Their deep red hue pops against the canvas, inviting us to savor their juicy goodness. Similarly, tapestry fragments depicting vintagers transport us back to Tournai in the late 15th century when currant-laden vines were harvested with care. Whether enjoyed fresh or dried like Australian raisins and sultanas depicted in colorful lithos or incorporated into sumptuous oil paintings such as Still Life from 1917, currants continue to captivate our palates across cultures and time periods. As we celebrate Christmas Fare from the Empire through untitled lithos featuring mouthwatering treats, let's not forget that currants play an essential role in creating festive delights. Their versatility shines through every bite - be it sprinkled atop a decadent cake or nestled within traditional holiday recipes. So next time you encounter these petite powerhouses of flavor at your local market or while perusing historical artworks showcasing their allure – remember their rich history and embrace all that currants bring: a burst of fruity delight that transcends generations.