Picture No | 10028803 |
Date | circa 1780 |
Description | PARMENTIER AND POTATO |
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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
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Source | French trade card |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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