Antique Print with Views of Santa Catarina Island, Part of Brasil, 1749

Name: Antique Print with Views of Santa Catarina Island, Part of Brasil, 1749
Brand: Guillaume Delisle
SKU: BG-11589-28
Price: 180 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1749
Maker: Guillaume Delisle
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 27 × 43 cm (10.6 × 16.9 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Original folding lines. Minor wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Brazil
Reference: BG-11589-28

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

Two views of the island of Santa Catarina on the coast of Brazil, an original copper engraving from the Dutch edition of George Anson's voyage, Reize rondsom de Werreld, published in 1749. The upper view is lettered in French and Dutch as the coast of the north east of the island of Ste. Catherine, and the lower view as the north entrance of the port of Ste. Catherine.

The upper panel shows a line of low, jagged hills along the horizon beneath a heavy cloud-filled sky, with a column of six ships of Anson's squadron sailing in line off the coast at the right. In the lower panel, the larger ships are in the foreground, one with a broad flag flying and a puff of cannon smoke, and the mountains of the island and the mainland are low behind them. The engraver, whose initials are in the lower right corner, used line shading to show the calm water.

Anson's squadron stopped at Santa Catarina in late 1740 to recruit and take on water before turning south for Cape Horn. The island, off the state of the same name, is now a popular holiday destination.

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