Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 Size:A2 (420x594mm) ” an exquisite map engraved

” an exquisite map engraved by the renowned John Tallis in 1851

Human geography takes shape with equal precision

a tribute to the skill of a master cartographer

the fire’s energy blending into the sky and water in a dynamic

As a “city-themed” pictorial

Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 Size:A2 (420x594mm) ” an exquisite map engravedAurora Borealis (1865) by Frederic Edwin Church captures the sublime drama of the northern sky as shimmering curtains of light unfurl above a stark, ice laden coast. A delicate ship, dwarfed by jagged promontories and a heaving, frozen sea, underscores the tension between human endeavor and natures immensity. Churchone of the most celebrated painters of the Hudson River Schoolcreated this luminous nocturne at a moment when American art and audiences