JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 27 12/17/20 natural features

natural features

Covering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent coasts of Europe and Africa

31 ¼” x 22” sheet

The head and upper part of the neck are bare

popular in the Enlightenment era

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 27 12/17/20 natural featuresJAPANESE (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