JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 8 Region_New England to create watercolors of the

to create watercolors of the rare plants and exotic birds he had assembled in his garden at Blois and the Ménagerie at Versailles

one of the period’s outstanding cartographic achievements

Numerous legends note historical and topographical features

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JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 8 Region_New England to create watercolors of theJAPANESE (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