Antique Print with Views of South America, circa 1870

Name: Antique Print with Views of South America, circa 1870
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12506-3
Price: 110 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1870
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 26.5 × 20 cm (10.4 × 7.9 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Chile, South America
Reference: BG-12506-3

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

Scenes of the Andean west coast of South America, a page of five small engraved vignettes headed "Scenery and Animated Life" and "West Coast of South America I.," with the imprint "London & Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack" below the plates. The page dates from about 1870.

Each vignette carries a small caption: "Capataz and Peon," two mounted horsemen in front of a mountain range, one swinging a lasso; "The Puma," a big cat crouched on a rocky ground; "Hunting the Lama," a rider with a lasso driving a group of llamas, with a dog running alongside; "Travelling in Santiago," a covered cart drawn by oxen and filled with women in mantillas, with a man on foot leading; and "Chase of the Condor," men with sticks standing over a fallen animal while a condor hovers above. The vignettes are drawn with fine line work and open space around them, so the page reads as a single decorative sheet.

The plate comes from a British illustrated work on natural and human life, and the scenes are drawn from Chile and the Andes.

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