Nantucket Island, MA experienced its most voluminous trading period with China from 1800 to 1812. The area's best trader was James Cary who purchased Chinese art during this time period. Examples of his purchases and commissions are included.
Nantucket, Massachusetts, an island some thirty miles Southeast of Cape Cod, is best known for its contributions to the American whale fishery from 1740 to 1849. Prior to the American Revolution, this tiny island was the most far-ranging and ...