In this painting, a wicker basket is filled with yellow pears and a few red cherries. The basket rests on a table, and more pears and cherries are scattered in front of it, casting shadows on the white tablecloth. There is a piece of fabric hanging over the handle of the basket; the cloth is white with red trim and frayed edges. The background is dark brown.
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Basket of Pears and Crabapples

painter John F. Francis (American, 1808 - 1886)

n.d.

Medium
oil on board
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 29.53 × 32.39 cm (11 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.) ; framed: 45.09 × 47.63 × 6.99 cm (17 3/4 × 18 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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