La Pérouse Alaska Tlingit Woman Portrait Engraving – 1797

Name: La Pérouse Alaska Tlingit Woman Portrait Engraving – 1797
Brand: La Perouse
SKU: BG-13384-20
Price: 890 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1797
Maker: La Perouse
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 56.8 × 42.5 cm (22.4 × 16.7 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning, light foxing, and some faint staining in the margins. The sheet retains wide margins and a strong, clean impression overall.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Alaska
Reference: BG-13384-20

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

A woman of Port des Français in Alaska, an original copper engraving from the atlas to the Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde, published in Paris in 1797. The plate is lettered "Femme du Port des Français", with the atlas plate number at the upper right.

The woman sits at the center, barefoot on a low rock, in a long fur robe over a lighter dress tied at the waist. A second figure in fur is partly visible behind her at the right, and a chest and a vessel stand at her feet. Tall conifers rise over the group, and in the background at the left a small party of figures stands by the water with ships on the horizon.

Port des Français is Lituya Bay on the coast of Alaska, visited in 1786 on the expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse. The drawing was made by Gaspard Duché de Vancy, reworked by J.M. Moreau, and engraved for the atlas.

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