Antique Print of Chinese Transport, Sedan Chairs and a Wheelbarrow, 1815
€ 220
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1815
Mapmaker / artist
Giulio Ferrario; engraved by A. Rancati
Publisher
De l'Imprimerie de l'Editeur, Milan
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
36 × 25 cm (14.2 × 9.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13000-74
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
Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the bottom and left. Several larger brown marks.
About this sheet
This is an original hand colored copper engraving, dated 1815, from Giulio Ferrario's Le Costume Ancien et Moderne (ancient and modern costume), showing Chinese modes of transport. The plate has no engraved title or caption.
Three registers share the sheet. At the top, two bearers carry a passenger seated in a sling hung from a pole on their shoulders. Beside them a man in a purple coat carries a large bundle on a pole over his shoulder, and a man in a straw hat and blue coat rests a carrying pole with two hanging boxes on an upright staff. In the middle, a passenger in pink sits holding a fan in a single wheeled barrow, pushed from behind by a man in green and hauled from the front by a man in blue on a rope. At the foot, a covered two wheeled cart with long shafts stands above two closed sedan chairs with latticed sides and fringed roofs topped by knob finials, their carrying poles in place.
The plate number "74" is engraved at the upper right above the border, and the engraver signed inside the border at the lower left of the lowest register: "A. Rancati f." A small round blind stamp is pressed at the lower right corner of the plate mark, and an oval blind stamp sits in the right margin.
The plate comes from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Giulio Ferrario (1767 to 1847), a Milanese scholar and publisher. The work was a multi-volume illustrated survey of the customs of the peoples of the world, issued in parts in Italian and in French. The part wrapper issued with these plates closes with the imprint "MILAN, DE L'IMPRIMERIE DE L'EDITEUR, MDCCCXV" (Milan, from the publisher's press, 1815).
Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the bottom and left. Several larger brown marks.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
