Antique Print of the City of Lima, Capital of Peru, c.1850
€ 140
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1850
Sheet size
15.3 × 25.1 cm (6.0 × 9.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-10107b
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
Age-related toning. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Lima, the capital of Peru, in a tinted lithograph titled "Lima. (Hauptstadt in Peru)", from the German series Malerisches Universum oder Reisen um die Welt. The sheet was lithographed by Schwabe and printed by H. Osti, and the lettering at the foot refers to the work's Berlin publishers.
The view looks over a river toward the city's skyline of church domes and bell towers on the left, with a long arched stone bridge across the water and a wall of ruined or half-built structures on the right bank. A man sits fishing at the lower right, and rocks and low pools break the foreground of the river. The lithographer has used a warm buff tone block to give the sky and water a gentle glow, with the lines drawn over it in gray.
Malerisches Universum was a German illustrated survey of the world's sights, issued in installments with descriptions, and is typical of the mid-nineteenth century taste for lithographed views of far-off cities.
