Camōes and the Lusiads
11th Dec 2022 - Reading and writing
Whilst translating Johann Christian Hüttner’s account of the Macartney Embassy to Peking in the 1790s, (more info). I came across
Sometimes you make a small find which gives you pleasure. In this case a very small find in an early New Zealand water colour by Gerald Butler Beere, no title, until we opened it up to restore it and found one on the back, and then a little gem emerged of Lake Waikare in the Waikato. If you have an eye for colonial water colours, you will recognise the palette with the characteristic blues and straw colours – did they all work with the same set of paints? You can see it and read about it here.
11th Dec 2022 - Reading and writing
Whilst translating Johann Christian Hüttner’s account of the Macartney Embassy to Peking in the 1790s, (more info). I came across
5th Jun 2023 - Rare and Early Books
There has been much written about Robert Fortune, the mid-19th Century plant collector travelling in China and Japan. He was