Historical Portraits of Six Incan Rulers, Peru, 1752: A Copperplate Collection

Name: Historical Portraits of Six Incan Rulers, Peru, 1752: A Copperplate Collection
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13806-91
Price: 135 USD
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Date: 1752
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 21 × 11 cm (8.3 × 4.3 in)
Period: Colonial America
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-13806-91

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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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

Six Inca rulers of Peru, an original copper engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine, lettered "Incas of Peru" at the top and dated May 1752 at the upper right. The plate measures about 21 by 11 centimeters and is printed in black.

Six oval portraits are arranged in three rows of two, each with its ruler's name and number around the frame: Inca Roca, 6th; Yahuar Huacac, 7th; Viracocha Inca, 8th; Pachacutec, 9th; Yupanqui, 10th; and Tupac Yupanqui, 11th. Each is shown to the chest in a feathered headdress and large ear ornaments, in a patterned tunic, and holds a staff or mace. One portrait is in profile and the rest face three-quarters, and small decorative lozenges fill the spaces between the ovals.

The numbering follows the list of Inca emperors current in Europe in the mid-eighteenth century. The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly published in London, and the plate illustrated a piece on Peru.

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