Old Print of the Cases Grandes in the Northern Mexican State Chihuahua, c.1860

€ 180

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1860
Sheet size: 17 × 23.2 cm (6.7 × 9.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-10116

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.

About this sheet

Casas Grandes (Mexico), an original steel engraving with hand coloring, c.1860, showing the prehistoric ruins in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The title "Casas Grandes (Mexico)" is engraved beneath the image, and the margin carries the name of the Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen as the source of the plate.

Weathered adobe walls and stepped, tapering towers stand on a grassy rise, with groups of figures in bright blankets and hats resting and standing among them. Large cacti and spiky agaves fill the foreground, and a ridge of mountains lies behind, with two peaks tipped with snow. The ruined walls are modeled in warm earth colors against the green slope, and the sheet has a thin decorated border ruling around the image.

Casas Grandes, now usually called Paquimé, was a large town of the pre-Hispanic Casas Grandes culture of northern Mexico, built largely of earth.