Antique Print of a Woman of the West Coast of North America by Cook, 1803

Name: Antique Print of a Woman of the West Coast of North America by Cook, 1803
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11487-146
Price: 215 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1803
Maker: Cook
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 24 × 13.5 cm (9.4 × 5.3 in)
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Alaska
Reference: BG-11487-146

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 woman of Prince William Sound on the northwest coast of North America, an original copper engraving lettered "Vrouw van Prins Willems Kanaal", from the Dutch edition of James Cook's voyages, Reizen rondom de Waereld door James Cook. It was translated by J.D. Pasteur and published in 1803 by Honkoop, Allart and Van Cleef, and the plate number is engraved at the upper right.

The head and shoulders are shown against a plain, lightly shaded ground. She wears a fur-trimmed garment with a tied collar at the throat, her dark hair is gathered into a topknot at the crown, and a row of ornaments hangs from the lower lip. The engraver has used fine stipple and line shading for the face, giving the figure a strong sense of presence.

The portrait was made after a drawing by an artist on Cook's third voyage, during the stay in Prince William Sound in 1778, and it gave European readers one of the first images of the people of that coast.

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