Barados and St Christopher or St Kitts and Nevis Islands in the Caribbean, 1748
€ 360
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1748
Sheet size
35.5 × 24.5 cm (14.0 × 9.6 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13618-14
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
Later attractive coloring. Good Condition. Overal aged related toning and minor wear due to handling. Original fold line as issued. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Two Lesser Antilles islands on one sheet: St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Barbados, an original copper engraving by Le Rouge, dated 1748 in the item fields. The St. Kitts title reads "Isle St. Christophle, une des Antilles aux Anglois, a Paris par le Sr Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustins", and the Barbados title "La Barbade, une des Antilles aux Anglois, divisee par Paroisses". Both islands are tinted in outline color.
Barbados fills most of the sheet, drawn with its parishes and the places within them: St. Lucy, St. Thomas, St. Joseph and St. John, along with Bridge Town and the fort at the south-west coast, plantations and sugar works dotted across the interior. A key at lower left explains the signs for towns, parishes, forts of three sizes, rivers and plantations. St. Kitts is set in the upper right, with its central mountain range and the neck of land running to the south-east, and a scale of English miles. A small compass is drawn at the upper left.
Both islands are lettered as English possessions in the title, a reminder that the French and British shared St. Kitts until the early eighteenth century.
