Domestic Harmony: Aleut Household Life in Unalaska, 1784

Name: Domestic Harmony: Aleut Household Life in Unalaska, 1784
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13599-1
Price: 290 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1784
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 20 × 26 cm (7.9 × 10.2 in)
Condition: Good. Good. Light soiling, mostly around the borders, due to age and handling. One inkt spot in the plate mark in the upper left corner. Study the image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Alaska
Reference: BG-13599-1

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

"The Inside of a House, in Oonalashka", an original copper engraving drawn by Webber and engraved by Walker, published "as the Act directs" by Harrison and Co. on 1 October 1784. It shows the interior of a dwelling on Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, spelled Oonalashka in the period.

The view looks across a large room under a heavy timber roof, with an opening in the top that lets in light. Along the sides, partitioned sleeping places are hung with woven mats, and dried fish are strung at the left. Families are gathered in the compartments: a mother nurses a child at the center, others sit on the platforms at the right, and another figure sits near a cradle at the left. A standing figure in a woven garment faces the room, and a figure climbs a post toward the upper level at the center, with shelves holding stores behind. Boxes and implements lie on the earth floor.

The date places the print just after Cook's third voyage, and John Webber was the artist who accompanied that expedition.

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