JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 3 Engraving Cape May Wood Warbler (Plate

Cape May Wood Warbler (Plate 85)

A Spanish Imprint of the Mississippi Valley

20 1/4 x 23 1/4 in

23" x 19 1/2"

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 3 Engraving Cape May Wood Warbler (PlateJAPANESE (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