Old Hand-Colored Antique Print of Banae Inhabitants with Body Tattoos, 1827

Ethnography · 19th century

Old Hand-Colored Antique Print of Banae Inhabitants with Body Tattoos, 1827

€ 150

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1827
Sheet size: 24.5 × 35 cm (9.6 × 13.8 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-06893

Condition

Blindstamp outside image. Title in pencil below image. Blank verso, please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print of inhabitants from Banae (Nagpur India?). Also depicted are a sailing boat and palm trees.

This print originates from 'Il Costume Antico e Moderno (..)' by G. Ferrario. Giulio Ferrario was founder of the 'Societa Tipografica de Classici Italiani' and served as the director of the Braidense National Library in Milan, Italy. Artists that worked on this monumental work are: Gallo Gallina, D.K. Bonatti, A. Biasioli, L. Rossi, Paolo Fumagalli, Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), G. Bigatti, C. Bramati, G. Gallo, C. Bottiglia, G. Castellini, Antonio Rancati (1784-1816), Vittorio Raineri, Sydney Parkinson, Castelli, A. Sanquirico (1777-1849), Angelo Monticelli (1778-1837), A.L. Rossins, Bottigella and others. This plate etched by D.K. Bonatti.