Rock Formations on the Canadian Coast – 19th Century Maritime Engraving

circa 1850 · Sea Charts

Rock Formations on the Canadian Coast – 19th Century Maritime Engraving

Name: Rock Formations on the Canadian Coast – 19th Century Maritime Engraving
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05150-26
Price: 125 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1850
Kind: Sea Charts
Size: 12.5 × 20.5 cm (4.9 × 8.1 in)
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-05150-26

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 rocky coast with boats in a rough sea, an original steel engraving by Lemaitre, headed "Canada," with the engraver's credit "Lemaitre direxit" printed below the plate. The plate carries no title and no place name. It was made in France around 1850.

Tall cliffs of layered rock fill the left side of the picture, their flat-topped faces streaked with shadow, while a single slender stack stands out in the water at the right and smaller rocks break the surface in between. The sea is rough and shaded in short, choppy strokes, with spray breaking against the rocks at the right. Three small sailboats and rowboats work through the waves in the foreground, with a few men visible in them, and a wrecked ship with a leaning mast lies against the cliff base at the left. The sky is open, with thin high clouds.

The scene is one of a set of small Canadian plates made for a European audience. Because the plate gives no location, the place cannot be named from the sheet.

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