Antique Bark

Commissioned as His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, she departed Plymouth in August 1768, rounded Cape Horn and reached Tahiti in time to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun.

Named in 1883 for Richard Lilly, who'd completed the grist mill there, Lilly had another early name: Hemlock, so dubbed by a Portage Railroad traveler who smelled the bark stripped f...

"Ram Eating Bark" is an original etching by Karel DuJardin. DuJardin completed many delicate etchings of rams. 3 3/4" x 7 3/4" art 16 3/8" x 19 1/8" frame Du Jardin was a master ...

The detail of the foliage, bark, and feather texture reflects the precision of Sepp’s engraving combined with rich contemporary hand-colouring.

Anchoring the center of the design is an eagle perched on the branch of a blooming cherry tree, its talons clenching the bark and its wings about to open. The motion of the its immed...

A few others followed him, and, on reaching the opposite shore, he said, “Come, let us go to the man who sings so well, and is beating the drum,” when a dog barked, and they feared t...

Glass canoe; sterling silver bow and stern with mounted feathers; birch bark represented by irregular notching. Jokey sophistication evocative of olden days indigenous life.

Our portrait is prominently signed with the monogram “G.C.” seemingly carved into the bark of the tree at left. The motif of the tree with small circular wood wounds was one to which...

A ram lowers its horns in a face off with a barking dog that rises on its haunches. An ox turns its head to watch the row.