Mexican Water Carrier and Potter – Hand-Colored Engraving, Énault, 1867

Name: Mexican Water Carrier and Potter – Hand-Colored Engraving, Énault, 1867
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14126-4
Price: 335 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1867
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 17 × 26.3 cm (6.7 × 10.4 in)
Condition: Good. Condition report: Very good condition. Some light age-related toning and faint foxing in the margins, not affecting the printed image. Blank verso. Please review images carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Mexico
Reference: BG-14126-4

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

Two Mexican workers from the "Types Mexicains" series, an original hand-colored steel engraving from Louis Énault's L'Amérique centrale et méridionale, published in Paris in 1867. The two figures are lettered "Le Porteur d'Eau" and "Le Potier", engraved by Ferdinand Delannoy and printed by Chardon.

On the left the water carrier bends under a large round red jar strapped to his back, with a smaller jug hanging from a strap in front of him and a wide leather shield across his shoulders. On the right the potter wears a straw hat and carries a frame loaded with clay vessels on his back, holding one more jug in his hand. Both are barefoot, in simple working clothes, standing on a dusty path with agave plants and palms behind and a domed building in the distance.

The series gave European readers a picture of Mexican occupations and dress. The color is applied lightly by hand over the engraved lines.

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