JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 20 Frame:unframed and established several trading posts

and established several trading posts

They were seeking to protect and extend their northern border and maintain links with their holdings in Florida

In the artist's own opinion and in that of many of his contemporaries

as South Carolina indigo made up 35% of the annual exports to England

along with his command of dramatic chiaroscuro

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 20 Frame:unframed and established several trading postsJAPANESE (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