Antique Print of a Sea Otter of Nootka Sound in British Columbia, Canada, 1801

1801 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print of a Sea Otter of Nootka Sound in British Columbia, Canada, 1801

Name: Antique Print of a Sea Otter of Nootka Sound in British Columbia, Canada, 1801
Brand: Captain Cook voyages
SKU: BG-13597-5
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1801
Maker: Captain Cook voyages
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 20 × 26.5 cm (7.9 × 10.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition on strong paper. Very mild foxing and no damage. A few small dampstains and three needle holes in the outer top, outside the plate mark. This is not a reproduction but an original engraving. Study the image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-13597-5

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

A sea otter of Nootka Sound, an original copper engraving by W. Grainger after a drawing from Cook's third voyage, published in 1801. The plate title reads "Sea Otter of Nootka Sound, in Quadra & Vancouver's Island, on the North West Coast of America", with "Page 114, Vol. 2" at the lower left and "Engraved by W. Grainger" at the right. It comes from George Alexander Cooke's Universal Geography.

The animal lies on a rocky shore at the edge of a pool, its head turned to the left, with a steep wooded bank behind it and a stretch of open water and cloudy sky beyond. The engraving is printed in black.

Nootka Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, was where Cook anchored in 1778, and the sea otter pelts that crews gathered there set off the maritime fur trade of the North Pacific coast. The sheet records that early encounter with one of the region's most valued animals.

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