This is pretty! Worth watching, to brighten your day.
As agriculture in the United States transformed from domestic and local to industrial and national, in 1886 the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) embarked on an ambitious project. To help fruit cultivators protect and profit from their innovations, the agency hired illustrators to recreate images of newly developed varieties of fruits and nuts, capturing the colours, textures and shapes of each in intricate detail. https://aeon.co/videos/in-1886-a-us-agency-set-out-to-record-new-fruit-varieties-the-results-are-wondrous