1883 Wood Engraving Vase Go Shichi No Kiri Taiko Toyotoma Japanese Seal LAJ1 XGMA3 Mississippi River

Mississippi River

featuring an Uncle Sam Souper Kid

This is an original 1901 color print of a Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War) series painting by Francisco Goya entitled Madre Infeliz

"Lakes of Killarney

1st Earl Haig (June 19

1883 Wood Engraving Vase Go Shichi No Kiri Taiko Toyotoma Japanese Seal LAJ1 XGMA3 Mississippi RiverThis is an original 1883 black and white wood engraving of a bronze vase originally from the castle of Taiko sama or Hideyoshi Toyotomi the great unifier of Japan from the Sengoku Period. Emblazoned on the front is his seal, the Go Shichi no Kiri which is the official seal of Japan to this day. The piece was reproduced with great attention to detail from the private collection of M. Henri Cernuschi by Henri Gurard. Henri Charles Gurard was born in