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Re:In 1886, the US Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings o... by pvaldes on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:57PM (#38154996)
Maybe not. Would be confusing for the children.

After taking a quick look, many of this fruit varieties don't exist anymore. Other were renamed and other paintings reflect fruit diseases, not the fruit itself. Botanical art is valuable art, but this work does not reflect the present.

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Re:In 1886, the US Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings o... by Obscurity4340 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:35PM (#38155887)
Why is ur sense of wonder so ant-sized?
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Re:In 1886, the US Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings o... by Obscurity4340 on Monday November 06, 2023 @06:38AM (#38161243)
Maybe it could focus on what's still around but there's a section later on where they deal with older or non-existent stuff.
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