Antique Print of Natives of America, Circa 1800, Original Artwork

1800 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print of Natives of America, Circa 1800, Original Artwork

Name: Antique Print of Natives of America, Circa 1800, Original Artwork
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12732-5
Price: 200 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1800
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm (9.6 × 7.7 in)
Condition: Fair. General age-related toning. Shows wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-12732-5

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 hand-colored engraving of native peoples of the Americas, an original plate from Friedrich Justin Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder, the illustrated picture book for children published in Weimar, circa 1800. The sheet is lettered in three languages at the top, "Trachten IV", "Vestitum forma IV" and "Habillemens IV", as the plates of the work were captioned in German, Latin and French.

Five figures stand on small grassy patches. At the upper left, two people in fur-trimmed tunics with colored panels hold a long bow and arrows; at the center a man in a feathered hat and fringed long coat stands beside a basket; at the right a bare-chested figure with a feathered headdress carries a bow and arrow. Below, a couple in simple waist wraps stand in conversation, and at the lower right a woman carries a child on her back beside a man in a heavy cloak holding a staff.

Bertuch's Bilderbuch was an encyclopedic picture book of natural history, costume and culture, aimed at young readers.

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