Captain Davis's First Interview with the North American Indians, Dublin c.1815

1815 · Native Peoples

Captain Davis's First Interview with the North American Indians, Dublin c.1815

Name: Captain Davis's First Interview with the North American Indians, Dublin c.1815
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14302-2
Price: 295 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1815
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 21.3 × 12.8 cm (8.4 × 5 in)
Condition: Good. Light age toning throughout. Minor scattered foxing and handling wear. Small marginal imperfections consistent with age. Strong impression with wide margins and clean image area.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-14302-2

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.

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About this piece

Captain Davis's first meeting with the native people of North America, an original copper engraving of about 1815, engraved by Patrick Maguire ("Maguire Sculp.") and published in Dublin by J. Christie of 17 Ross Lane, as an illustration for The World Displayed, or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels. The sheet is printed in black. The caption reads "Captain Davis's first Interview with the North American Indians."

The captain stands on the shore at the right in a plumed hat and doublet and breeches, one arm raised. In front of him two men from a dugout canoe step toward him, one holding a paddle and the other reaching out a hand, while a third man sits in the boat. Behind them the sea opens out to a coast of rocky hills, and a radiant sun with long rays fills the top of the sheet.

John Davis, the Elizabethan navigator, made three voyages in the 1580s in search of a Northwest Passage and gave his name to Davis Strait. The plate is a later illustrator's picture of such a meeting, not a record made on the spot.

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