Antique Print of a Woman of Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1803

Name: Antique Print of a Woman of Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1803
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11487-148
Price: 180 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1803
Maker: Cook
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 23 × 14 cm (9.1 × 5.5 in)
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Alaska
Reference: BG-11487-148

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 Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, an original copper engraving lettered "Eene Vrouw van Oonalashka", 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, with the plate number at the upper right.

She is shown in a bust portrait against a lightly hatched ground, with a bowl-cut fringe across the forehead and dark hair gathered into a small topknot. The face carries slender ornaments through the lower lip and nose, and a patterned band edges the neckline of her fringed, close-fitting garment, which is decorated with rows of small pendants. The engraver has used fine parallel lines for the shadows and softer stipple for the skin.

Cook visited Unalaska in October 1778 on his third voyage, and the portrait is one of the plates showing the people of the Aleutians encountered there.

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