Antique Print of Warrior Costumes and Scenes of North America, '1845'

1845 · Native Peoples

Antique Print of Warrior Costumes and Scenes of North America, '1845'

Name: Antique Print of Warrior Costumes and Scenes of North America, '1845'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12930-9
Price: 390 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1845
Kind: Native Peoples
Technique: Engraved
Size: 43 × 28 cm (16.9 × 11 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Shows light creasing and foxing, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-12930-9

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

Warrior customs of the peoples of North America, an original engraving with hand coloring from Francesco Costantino Marmocchi's Atlante di geografia storica universale, published in 1845. The sheet is lettered "Etnografia" at the top and "Costumi Guerrieri de' popoli dell' America Nord" at the foot, with the atlas plate numbers in the upper corners.

Three scenes are stacked on the page, each with an Italian caption. The first, "Ceremonia usata dai guerrieri prima della battaglia", shows a painted warrior in a feathered headdress dancing before a fire as a crowd of seated warriors looks on. The second, "Trofei dopo una Vittoria", shows armed men in front of a line of poles hung with trophies and a group of seated captives. In the third, "Le Vedove di un guerriero estinto supplicanti a piedi del vincitore", a tattooed warrior with a club stands over kneeling women. The coloring is in soft reds, greens and yellows.

The scenes reflect European ideas about the peoples of North America in the early nineteenth century.

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