JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 26 U.S. City Views Imao was enlisted as a

Imao was enlisted as a member of both the Imperial Household Art Committee

It served as a practical navigational tool during a time of renewed British-American tensions leading up to the War of 1812

Koeman’s Atlantes Neerlandici

It reflects the city’s rapid westward growth into the Hudson

Jean-Baptiste de Couagne was the first cartographer born in North America

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 26 U.S. City Views Imao was enlisted as aJAPANESE (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