JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 5 Maps of the United States & Mexico fortresses

fortresses

Traviès was widely admired for his extraordinary ability to combine scientific fidelity with an artist’s sensitivity to posture

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Perry's pivotal expedition to Japan (1853–1854) which re-opened trade between Japan and the West after 220 years

and even the horse on which he rides

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 5 Maps of the United States & Mexico fortressesJAPANESE (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