Indigenous Peoples Near Quebec – 19th Century Ethnographic Print of Canada

circa 1850 · Native Peoples

Indigenous Peoples Near Quebec – 19th Century Ethnographic Print of Canada

Name: Indigenous Peoples Near Quebec – 19th Century Ethnographic Print of Canada
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05150-10
Price: 125 USD
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Date: circa 1850
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 12.5 × 20.5 cm (4.9 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good. Condition with consistent age-toning. Minor scattered foxing in the margins. Left margin with mild edge wear from binding. No tears or repairs. Image remains sharp and well-defined.
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-05150-10

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

Indigenous people from the neighborhood of Quebec, an original steel engraving by Lemaitre from a set of small Canadian plates made in France around 1850. The sheet is headed "Canada" and titled "Indiens des Environs de Québec," with the note "d'après les dessins de la collection de Mr. A. Vattemare" and the engraver's credit, "Lemaitre direxit," in the lower margin.

Five standing figures are placed across a snowy ground in front of a pale wooded background. Two men at the left wear feathered hats, fringed and banded coats, and leggings with ornamented moccasins; one has his arms folded. At the center, a woman with long loose hair is wrapped in a blanket coat. Next to her a man in a cap and a belted coat holds a long rifle and wears snowshoes, and at the right another man in a feathered headdress and a coat with a decorated sash holds a snowshoe in one hand. The figures are modeled with fine hatching, and the plate number is printed faintly in the upper right.

The plate is based on drawings from the collection of Alexandre Vattemare. The print does not name the people shown.

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