Antique Print of Warrior Costumes and Scenes of North America, '1845'
€ 350
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1845
Technique
Engraved
Sheet size
43 × 28 cm (16.9 × 11.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12930-9
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
General age-related toning. Shows light creasing and foxing, blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Warrior customs of the peoples of North America, an original engraving with hand coloring from Francesco Costantino Marmocchi's Atlante di geografia storica universale, published in 1845. The sheet is lettered "Etnografia" at the top and "Costumi Guerrieri de' popoli dell' America Nord" at the foot, with the atlas plate numbers in the upper corners.
Three scenes are stacked on the page, each with an Italian caption. The first, "Ceremonia usata dai guerrieri prima della battaglia", shows a painted warrior in a feathered headdress dancing before a fire as a crowd of seated warriors looks on. The second, "Trofei dopo una Vittoria", shows armed men in front of a line of poles hung with trophies and a group of seated captives. In the third, "Le Vedove di un guerriero estinto supplicanti a piedi del vincitore", a tattooed warrior with a club stands over kneeling women. The coloring is in soft reds, greens and yellows.
The scenes reflect European ideas about the peoples of North America in the early nineteenth century.
