JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 20 Cartographer_John Ross Audubon and J

Audubon and J

it reflects Italy’s engagement with the global discoveries of other colonial powers and serves as a compelling visual record of how the Americas were imagined—and claimed—by European mapmakers

Hand-colored lithographs with gum arabic metallic detailing

The prologue of Pedro de Medina’s groundbreaking “Arte de Navegar” (1545) reveals the work’s Medieval heritage

Brookshaw suddenly disappeared from view in the mid-1790’s

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 20 Cartographer_John Ross Audubon and JJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The