Antique Copper Engraving with a Panoramic View of Mexico City, ca.1760
€ 290
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1760
Sheet size
16 × 17.5 cm (6.3 × 6.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-09478
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. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Nouveau Mexico, a copper engraving with a panoramic view of Mexico City, c.1760, engraved after Chedel. The title appears on a curling banner across the sky, and the lower right corner carries the volume mark "Tom. XII. N°. VI." with Chedel's name beside it.
The viewpoint looks across the city from rising ground. Beyond a few leafy trees and a church with a steep spire in the foreground, the city lies laid out in a regular grid of streets and blocks, divided by canals and crossed by a long arched causeway or aqueduct on the left. The lake stretches beyond, with sailing boats on the water and mountains and clouds along the horizon. A group of travelers with a laden mule and a few figures stand on the path in the foreground, and palms rise at the right.
Pierre Quentin Chedel (1705 to 1763) was a French etcher and engraver. The same view appears with a ruled frame in the Abbé Prévost's Histoire générale des voyages, which carries the same volume mark; this sheet is a trimmed copy without the frame, and its source work is not stated on the sheet itself.
