Antique Steel Engraved Print showing a Native of Bahia, Brazil

Name: Antique Steel Engraved Print showing a Native of Bahia, Brazil
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12911-2
Price: 425 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1845
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 32 × 23.2 cm (12.6 × 9.1 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Shows some wear and soiling, mostly in margins. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Places: Brazil
Reference: BG-12911-2

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 native of Bahia in Brazil, an original lithograph from H. R. Schinz's Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Säugethiere, published around 1845. The plate is lettered "Neger von Baiha", with "Lith. v. Honegger" at lower left and a draftsman's credit at lower right, and carries a plate number in the upper right corner.

A man sits on a large rock with one knee drawn up, holding his foot and looking up and away. He wears a striped shirt open at the neck, short breeches belted at the waist, a head cloth and a ring in the ear, and at his feet on the ground lies a flat dish with three fish. The drawing is done in soft lithographic gray, with the rock and ground modeled in heavy shading and the white of the paper left for the lights.

The title uses the German form of the period, and spells Bahia as "Baiha" on the sheet.

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