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Picture No 10028803
Date circa 1780
Description PARMENTIER AND POTATO
Details

French agriculturist Antoine PARMENTIER presents a potato to Louis XVI ; some laughed, but the king placed a shoot in his buttonhole in recognition of Parmentier's achievement
Source French trade card
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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