1757 Engraving of Florida Natives – Indigenous Clothing & Village Scene

Name: 1757 Engraving of Florida Natives – Indigenous Clothing & Village Scene
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-80
Price: 155 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1757
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 25 × 18.2 cm (9.8 × 7.2 in)
Period: Colonial America
Places: Florida
Reference: BG-14038-80

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Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Habits et Maisons des Floridiens, a copperplate engraving of 1757 from the Histoire Générale des Voyages (Tome XIV). The title is engraved in a banner above the image, and a pencil note in the margin reads "Florida".

A man and a woman in loose garments stand close together in the foreground, with a small child at their side, beneath a leaning palm. Behind them stand tile-roofed houses of European type with an open-fronted shed, a small tower, and a village street where figures sit in the shade. Smoke rises on the right and more buildings fill the background. The image is enclosed in a double rule frame typical of the series.

The plate shows how European compilers of the mid eighteenth century pictured the Native peoples of Florida, assembling clothing and houses from earlier travel accounts rather than from direct observation. The fine hatching handles the palm fronds and the cloudy sky particularly well.

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