Original 19th Century Pencil Drawing of Moyobamba, Peru, ca.1850

€ 375

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

Date: 1850
Sheet size: 26.5 × 32.5 cm (10.4 × 12.8 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14303-23

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

Good condition considering its age. General age-related toning, occasional light foxing and minor handling wear. The drawing is mounted on an old paper backing. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

A landscape view of Moyobamba, an original nineteenth-century pencil drawing on paper, dated about 1850 and mounted on an old paper backing. This is a drawing, not a print. The artist is not identified, and the title is written in pencil beneath the image, beginning with "Moyobamba" and followed by words naming the river.

The view looks across a low, scrubby foreground to a pale ridge of eroded bluffs, with scattered buildings along its crest and a larger rounded hill behind. A smaller dark peak rises at the left under a softly shaded sky. Two figures walk along a path at the right, one carrying a bundle of branches. The shading is fine and graduated, and the open ground in the middle distance is left almost blank.

Moyobamba, in northern Peru, was founded in the sixteenth century and became a gateway to the Amazon basin. Nineteenth-century travelers and naturalists passed through it, and drawings of this type recorded views before photography became common.