Rare Engraved Prints of Skulls of an Eskimo Dog and The Icelandic SheepDog, 1842

1842 · Native Peoples

Rare Engraved Prints of Skulls of an Eskimo Dog and The Icelandic SheepDog, 1842

Name: Rare Engraved Prints of Skulls of an Eskimo Dog and The Icelandic SheepDog, 1842
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: PCT-57742
Price: 950 USD
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Date: 1842
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 32 × 54 cm (12.6 × 21.3 in)
Condition: Good. Condition report: Crisp impression with sharp detail. Wide margins with minor foxing and light toning, mainly at the sheet edges, not affecting the illustrations. Plate mark visible.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: PCT-57742

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

Skulls of an Eskimo dog and an Icelandic dog, an original lithograph from Paul Gaimard's Voyage en Islande et au Groenland, published in Paris in 1842. The plate is titled "Crâne de chien des Esquimaux" and "Crâne de chien d'Islande," and was drawn by Louis Bévalet and lithographed by J. Bernard. It is printed in black and gray tones without color.

Five skulls are arranged on the sheet. Across the upper row, three skulls seen from above and from below show the cranial vault, the broad zygomatic arches and the palate with its teeth. Along the lower row are two skulls in profile, the Greenland sled dog at the left and the smaller Icelandic dog at the right, each with its jaw open to show the full set of canines and cheek teeth. The shading is fine and exact, treating the bones as anatomical specimens, and the numbered views are keyed to the plate lettering.

The plate belongs to the osteological series of Gaimard's voyage, which aimed to record the animals and people of Iceland and Greenland. It compares the Greenland sled dog with the smaller Icelandic sheepdog, both important working animals in northern communities.

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