Varanasi India - Ganges River - (Banares Banaras Kashi) in Uttar Pradesh - Burning Ghat - Vintage Travel Poster by Charles Baskerville c.1959 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print 24 x 32 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Charles Baskerville - Charles Baskerville (1896-1994) Best known for his portraits of armed forces officers and prominent persons in society, Charles Baskerville won the Silver Star for gallantry during World War II. His graphic pseudonym was 'Top Hat' and his magazine illustrations appeared in Scribner's, Life and Vanity Fair. Mr. Baskerville could list among his subjects heads of state, captains of industry, pillars of the legal community, eminencies of society and luminaries of the theater. Those who sat for him included Jawaharlal Nehru, Bernard Baruch, William S. Paley, the Duchess of Windsor, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes and the King of Nepal.