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 Watercolor for plate 479: “Belladonna

Watercolor for plate 479: “Belladonna Lily/ March Lily” Amaryllis pallidaPrepared for Les Liliacées ca

She begins with the vine

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

an American living in London

Painted during his first visit to Texas

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 Watercolor for plate 479: “BelladonnaPIERRE 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