PIERRE CHARLES CANOT (1710-1777), after THOMAS HOWDELL A South West View of the City of New York in North America. 1768 Artist_Thomas Moran Painted during his first visit

Painted during his first visit to Texas

backgrounds after Victor Audubon

Cronau's view here is shown taken from the vantage point in New Jersey

Its relative simplicity–lacking carving or veneers or inlays–-is balanced in part by walnut (a locally grown wood) of fine figure that imbues the object with visual depth and texture

near the Flint River in Georgia

PIERRE CHARLES CANOT (1710-1777), after THOMAS HOWDELL A South West View of the City of New York in North America. 1768 Artist_Thomas Moran Painted during his first visitPIERRE CHARLES CANOT (1710 1777),after THOMAS HOWDELL A South West View of the City of New York in North America Mezzotint with exceptional original color London: John Bowles, 1768 13 1 2 x 19 7 8 sheet Thomas Pownall, a British statesman who arrived to America in 1753 and took positions in colonial government (Governor of Massachusetts,1757; Governor of South Carolina, 1760), organized leading print dealers in London to publish a series of plates