JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 11 Frame:unframed “Before and After the Battle

“Before and After the Battle of Brandywine

This charming picture comes from Nuremberg publisher and engraver Johann Michael Seligmann’s (German

The 1900 map is a testament to this tumultuous history

lavish still-life paintings of fruit and flowers established the tradition for the genre in 19th-century America as well as the style for large canvases suitable for dining-room decoration

but the map lacks some of the most recent Portuguese discoveries that Ruysch had included in his map

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 11 Frame:unframed “Before and After the BattleJAPANESE (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