Antique Hand-Colored Print, North American Indigenous People, ca.1805
€ 210
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1805
Sheet size
22.5 × 13 cm (8.9 × 5.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13696-16
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.
Condition
Good antique condition overall. Some age-related toning, light handling marks, and minor margin imperfections. Image area remains strong with vibrant original color. Visible plate mark consistent with the printing process.
About this sheet
North American Indians, an original hand-colored engraving titled "Noord-Indianen", from De Mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol, the Dutch survey of the world's peoples written by Martinus Stuart and published in Amsterdam in the early nineteenth century (about 1803 to 1808). The drawing is credited "J. Kuyper del." at the lower left, and the plate was engraved by L. Portman.
A man stands at the center in a headdress of colored feathers, a blue breechcloth and leggings, with a necklace and a decorated knife at his chest, and gestures toward a distant point with one arm raised. At the right a woman in a long garment kneels beside a deer carcass, holding its antlers. At the left a small child clutches a fur and a hatchet. Behind them stand pine trees and a large thatched dwelling. The coloring is in buff, blue and red tones over the fine engraved line.
Like the other plates in the series, the scene was assembled from published travel accounts and earlier illustrations, not from observation, and it records the European picture of the peoples of the northern forests.
