Inhabitants of Prince William’s Bay, Alaska – Antique Ethnographic Print, 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-13696-11
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 for age. Wide margins preserved. Light toning and some faint margin spotting typical for the period, not affecting the image. Strong impression with bright original hand-coloring.
About this sheet
The inhabitants of Prince William Sound on the southern coast of Alaska, an original hand-colored engraving titled "Bewooners van de Prins Willems-Baai", 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 around 1805. The drawing is credited "J. Kuyper del." at the lower left, with the engraver's name at the right.
A man stands at the right in a heavy fur parka hung with tassels and fringes, tall boots and a conical woven hat banded in yellow, holding a long spear or staff with a pronged tip. At the left a woman in a light tunic sits with a child leaning against her, holding up a circular ornament, and a small basket with colored items lies at her feet. Behind them rise snow-covered mountains and a line of evergreens against a pale sky. The coloring is applied in browns, soft blues and cream.
Prince William Sound was visited by European voyagers in the later eighteenth century, and the plates of this series were prepared from the published accounts and drawings of those voyages.
