1722 · Maps
Two Engravings of an Florida King of the Indians in America, 1722
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- Date
- 1722
- Kind
- Maps
- Size
- 39.5 × 24.5 cm (15.6 × 9.6 in)
- Period
- Colonial America
- Places
- Florida
- Reference
- BGI-01019
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.
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About this piece
Two scenes from the Native peoples of Florida, titled "Cérémonie, observée par un des Rois de la Floride, avant que de faire une Expedition" and "Un des Rois de la Floride, consultant son Magicien, avant que de marcher à l'Ennemi". The sheet is an original copper engraving by Bernard Picart, from the Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses of the early eighteenth century, in an edition of 1722.
The upper scene shows a king standing at the center of a seated circle of warriors, holding up a vessel in a ritual before an expedition sets out. Large pots stand on the ground, a fire burns at the right, and warriors hold bows, clubs and feathered headdresses, with a palm and mountains in the background. In the lower scene, a standing crowd of armed men watches while a king kneels in front of a figure who is raised in a ring on the ground, the magician consulting the spirits before the march against the enemy. Picart's signature appears at the lower left of the upper plate.
These views were drawn in Europe from earlier travel accounts rather than from direct observation, and are best read as how Florida's peoples were imagined in the early 1700s.
