Antique Print of an Encampment on Juan Fernández Island, Chile, 1748

Name: Antique Print of an Encampment on Juan Fernández Island, Chile, 1748
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGI-00496
Price: 370 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1748
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 27.5 × 41.3 cm (10.8 × 16.3 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Chile
Reference: BGI-00496

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 encampment on the island of Juan Fernandez, an original copper engraving dated 1748 from the Dutch edition of George Anson's voyage, Reize rondsom de Werreld. The caption is lettered "Gezigt van de Plaats op 't Eiland Juan Fernandes daar de Tent van den Kommandeur stont", the view of the place where the commander's tent stood.

The scene shows an open clearing among tall trees, with three white tents pitched in the middle distance and European men in hats and long coats standing in conversation. In the foreground, a man in a tricorn hat stands with a staff and a dog at his side, and a goat is drawn in the lower left. Beyond the clearing, a belt of dark forest runs along the base of steep, jagged volcanic peaks, a typical landscape on the island.

Anson's squadron arrived at Juan Fernandez in June 1741 in a very weakened state, and the crews were allowed to rest ashore and recover from scurvy. The island lies about 400 miles off the coast of Chile.

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