LUIGI KASIMIR (1881-1962). View of [New York from] Governor’s Island. 1927 10 During the nineteenth century

During the nineteenth century

English surveying and mapmaking methods developed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530 when large amounts of formerly Church land came onto the onto the private market were employed and refined in North America

combined with his phenomenal artistic talent

The Delamarche firm were still making globes up until the 1830s

particularly small specimens such as insects and shellfish

LUIGI KASIMIR (1881-1962). View of [New York from] Governor’s Island. 1927 10 During the nineteenth centuryLUIGI KASIMIR (1881 1962) View of [New York from] Governors Island Pastel and graphite on paper 1927 17 3 4 x 12 sheet, 31 1 4 x 24 1 4 framed In Pettau in 1881, Luigi Kasimir was born as part of the Austro Hungarian monarchy. Later in his life, he studied at the Vienna Academy of Art, and it was here that the artist was introduced to colored etching from his teacher William Unger. As one of the first to really develop this technique, Kasimir lead the