Yellow Rhododendron Print by Curtis, 1856 Ship Jedidiah Morse (1761 – 1826)

Jedidiah Morse (1761 – 1826) was a famed geographer considered the “Father of American Geography”

While the colonial boundary of South Carolina was set as the Savannah River

Condition: Wear on surface in a few areas

(Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 14”)

Yellow Rhododendron Print by Curtis, 1856 Ship Jedidiah Morse (1761 – 1826)Original copper engraving botanical by William Curtis, 1856. Unframed. Dimensions: 9. 5" x 11. 5" Excellent condition. Curtis began publishing the *Botanical Magazine: Plants of the Royal Gardens* at Lovell Reeve in London in 1856. He started creating botanical illustrations in 1787 and continued this work almost without interruption for 160 years. The plates are renowned for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring, reflecting a time when