Botanical illustrator, USDA
Deborah Griscom Passmore
The leader of the USDA’s fruit painters, and the most prolific of them.
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The life
1840–1911Born Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Deborah Griscom Passmore painted fruit for the United States Department of Agriculture and rose to lead its staff artists. She was the most prolific of them all, with about one in five of the paintings in the Pomological Watercolor Collection, and has been called the best of the early USDA artists. Our kumquat and orange cards are hers.