Expeditionary art: An appraisal

When drawing and painting were the only ways to create visual documentation of new discoveries, artists played a central role in geographical explorat ion. The legacy of expeditionary art offers opportunities for building stro nger linkages between art and geography. A framework is laid out for classi fying expeditionary art, describing how it can be appraised as pictorial in formation. The work of two artists of the nineteenth century, Richard Kern and Frederick Catherwood, exemplifies key aspects of expeditionary art.