Indigenous Warriors, Early 19th Century South America - Ferrario-Bonatti

Name: Indigenous Warriors, Early 19th Century South America - Ferrario-Bonatti
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13806-4
Price: 215 USD
Availability: InStock

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Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 26 × 36.5 cm (10.2 × 14.4 in)
Condition: Fair. Given age. Light soiling. Remains of paper strip from binding at top margin. Blind stamp as issued at right bottom. General age-related toning and an old damp spot in the bottom margin- not in the image. Please study scans carefully.
Places: South America
Reference: BG-13806-4

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 figures in the open country of South America, a hand-colored aquatint with etched outlines by D. K. Bonatti, from Giulio Ferrario's Il Costume Antico e Moderno, published in Milan. The sheet is printed on wove paper and signed "D. K. Bonatti inc." at the lower right.

Four men gather on a patch of green ground in the foreground. All wear brightly striped ponchos or wraps and brimmed felt caps. One stands in the center with an axe over his shoulder, balancing a long pole against it, while two sit and one lies on the ground, with a knife or tool in his hand. At the left a fire burns with a piece of meat roasting on a spit, and at the right a large two-wheeled cart with a woven or hide cover stands on the bank. A second cart can be seen in the distance, and a town with domes and towers lies beyond the water.

Ferrario's work, issued in Milan in 17 volumes in its first issue, collected costume plates from every part of the world, with the American volumes drawing on travelers' accounts.

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