Antique Print of a Native American of South America by Boelen, 1835

Name: Antique Print of a Native American of South America by Boelen, 1835
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12499-76
Price: 170 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1835
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 20 × 13.5 cm (7.9 × 5.3 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: South America
Reference: BG-12499-76

What the condition grades mean

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

An Andean traveler in the mountains, an original hand-colored engraving from J. Boelen's account of a voyage to the east and west coasts of South America, Reize naar de oost-en westkust van Zuid-Amerika, published in 1835. The Dutch caption reads "Indiaan van Zuid-Amerika, zich op reis over het gebergte bevindende" ("Indian of South America, traveling across the mountains").

A single man stands facing the viewer in a broad-brimmed straw hat with a yellow band, a striped poncho in blue, yellow and black, a checked waistband, dark knee breeches and white stockings above flat leather sandals. A long coiled rope is slung over one shoulder. Pale peaks and snow are sketched behind him in light gray-blue, and the ground is lightly shaded. The engraver's signature appears at the lower right.

The plate is a costume figure from a Dutch travel narrative of the coasts of South America, and it shows the clothing of the Andean traveler as a European artist of the 1830s recorded it.

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