HUARD, Charles (1874-1965). Embankment of the North River. 1905. (New York as I Saw It) 11_2023_500blast Humboldt spent nearly a year

Humboldt spent nearly a year consolidating his collections and began drafting his “Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain

it is likely that the artist worked from a balloon

Commissions for illustrations provided him occasins for travel and artistic inspiration

The map is heavily decorated

Floriano shows the Americas as being entirely separate from Asia

HUARD, Charles (1874-1965). Embankment of the North River. 1905. (New York as I Saw It) 11_2023_500blast Humboldt spent nearly a yearHUARD, Charles (1874 1965) Embankment of the North River Original drawing with pen and pencil New York, 1905: From the series "New York as I saw it." 8 1 2 x 6 5 8 Born in Paris in 1874, Charles Huard began his career illustrating popular journals of the time; including Le Rire, Cocorico, Le Courrier Franais, and LAssiette au Beurre. His sketches of French personalities captured the joie de vive of Parisian life in the nineteenth century and quickly