Tomato Botanical Art Print by Ernst Benary (1870s)

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A botanical tomato study for your kitchen

Connect your love of growing and cooking with this reproduction of an 1870s tomato botanical print from Ernst Benary’s Album Benary. The familiar garden-crop subject makes it a thoughtful addition to a kitchen, breakfast nook or collection of vegetable illustrations. Choose it as an individual botanical work or combine it with fruit studies for a display celebrating cultivated plants.

About the botanical print

Benary was a German seedsman whose botanical illustrations documented cultivated plants. This tomato plate connects an everyday ingredient with the tradition of 19th-century horticultural illustration. Its appeal lies in that meeting of garden knowledge and decorative art, offering a subject that feels equally at home beside gardening books or in a room where food is prepared and shared.

Bring the garden indoors

Imagine displaying the print near a kitchen table, with warm wooden shelves, softly textured linen and a bowl of seasonal produce nearby. It can provide a year-round connection to the vegetable garden, whether you grow tomatoes yourself or simply enjoy cooking with them. The recorded red, beige and green palette offers a starting point for coordinating kitchen accessories or companion prints in related tones.

A smaller format can join an established gallery arrangement, while a larger print gives the botanical subject a more prominent place. Pairing it with lemon, cherry and gooseberry studies creates a shared horticultural theme while introducing different plants and periods. Consider your available wall space and surrounding furniture when selecting the size for your display.

Paper, printing and finish

This product is a reproduction, not an original botanical plate from the 1870s. It is produced using giclée printing on 200gsm matte art paper. Select a print-only option if you would like to use your own frame, or choose a framed version with a black wooden frame and white mount. Three paper sizes let you choose between a smaller addition to your collection and a more prominent botanical feature.

Choose your size

• Small: 11 × 14 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Medium: 12 × 16 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Large: 18 × 24 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Framed options include a black wooden frame and white mount. Select your preferred size and finish above.

Pair it with

Build a kitchen gallery wall of botanical produce with Ellen Isham Schutt’s Lemon print (1908), Jean-Louis Prévost’s Cherry print (1805), and George Brookshaw’s Gooseberry print (1812). These companion studies bring different fruits into a display connected by detailed horticultural illustration.

Explore more vegetable prints and botanical decorating ideas

Discover complementary horticultural studies in our vintage vegetable prints collection.

Find inspiration for displaying plant artwork in The Transformative Impact of Botanical Prints on Your Room.