JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 25 Frame:Black Mauritiopolis

Mauritiopolis

names Austin's colony

and that “Lear” is an anagram of “Earl

and the curious land bridge (the Aelutian Islands

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 25 Frame:Black MauritiopolisJAPANESE (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