Antique Print of Indians of Tierra Del Fuego by Cook, 1803

Name: Antique Print of Indians of Tierra Del Fuego by Cook, 1803
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11487-53
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1803
Maker: James Cook
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 47.5 × 33.5 cm (18.7 × 13.2 in)
Condition: Good. Age-related toning. Few stains and marginal tears, please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Argentina
Reference: BG-11487-53

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

The people of Tierra del Fuego gathered at a fire inside their hut, an original copper engraving lettered "Inwooners van Terra del Fuego in hunne Hut", 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 is numbered at the upper right.

The scene shows a dome-shaped shelter of branches and bark covered with ivy and vines, with a fire burning at its mouth and a group of men, women and children seated or crouched about it. At the left two figures walk up carrying a child, and a cliff face and heavy trees frame the whole view. The figures are drawn with the classical proportions of a late eighteenth century engraver rather than from direct observation, a common feature of the plates made after the voyage drawings.

Cook visited the Fuegian coast on his first voyage in 1769, and this scene belongs to the account of that stay. The date and place of the landing are printed in the caption below the image.

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