Antique Print of Santa Marta in Columbia by Reclus, 1885

Name: Antique Print of Santa Marta in Columbia by Reclus, 1885
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: JAK-846
Price: 155 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1885
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 17 × 26.5 cm (6.7 × 10.4 in)
Condition: Good. Age-related toning, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Colombia & Venezuela
Reference: JAK-846

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

Santa Marta, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, an original engraving from The Universal Geography by Elisee Reclus, dated 1885. The plate title, "Santa Marta, view taken from the north", is lettered beneath the image in capitals, and the artist's signature appears in the lower right corner of the plate.

The view looks across the still water of the bay to the low town spread along the shore, with a few church towers and flat-roofed houses showing against the hills. Mountains rise behind the town in layered ranges under a cloud-filled sky. Two sailing vessels lie alongside a wooden landing at the left, and a lone figure rows a small boat in the foreground. The line work is fine and even, built up in soft gray tones that suit the hazy light of a tropical harbor.

Santa Marta was founded by the Spanish in 1525, which makes it one of the oldest European towns on the South American mainland. Reclus's Universal Geography devoted generous illustration to the coasts and cities it described.

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