Original Antique Print of Yuracaré Fishing in Peru by Dureau, c.1840

Name: Original Antique Print of Yuracaré Fishing in Peru by Dureau, c.1840
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14303-10
Price: 365 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1840
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 16 × 25.7 cm (6.3 × 10.1 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition considering its age. Original hand coloring. General age-related toning, occasional foxing and minor handling wear. Please study the image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14303-10

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

Yuracaré people fishing in a tropical river, an original hand-colored lithograph titled "Pêche des Yuracarès (Pérou)", drawn and engraved by Dureau ("Dureau del. et Sculp.") and printed in Paris by Gilquin et Dupain. The publisher is lettered below as Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger, and the date is about 1840.

The scene is a broad, shallow river bordered by dense forest. Five men stand in the water in loincloths, holding long poles or spears, with lines stretched across the stream, apparently to funnel the fish. Two women and a seated child sit on the near bank at the right, one carrying a vessel on her head, and fish are laid out at the water's edge. Palms, broad-leaved plants and a large spreading tree rise behind, with rocks at the left and wooded hills in the distance under a cloudy sky. The coloring is in strong greens and yellows, with red on some of the figures.

The Yuracaré are an Indigenous people of the forested foothills of the upper Amazon basin, and prints of this kind were issued for European readers of travel and geography.

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