Geographical Fan, Double Hemisphere World Map European paintings botanical The trading ship

The trading ship

15 exceptionally fine engraved double page and 5 single page sheet maps by William Henry Toms

and Belle-Key) and sailing ships are seen in the foreground and the perspective view of the city recedes toward distant Lake Pontchartrain

it is likely that the artist worked from a balloon

the present watercolor may have been elaborated by Johann Moritz Rugendas for publication

Geographical Fan, Double Hemisphere World Map European paintings botanical The trading shipGeographical Fan, Double Hemisphere World Map Japan: ca 1870s 2 wood engraved leaves (5 4 8 inches in depth), printed in black with original hand colour, over 29 bamboo rods (10 inches in length), held together by a brass spindle (some insect damage and loss to extremity of paper leaves). A fine Japanese geographical fan showing a double hemisphere map of the world, with the flags of the nations on each side, the verso decorated with views of Paris,