Tafra Island in Suriname - A Romantic River Landscape by Karl Martin, 1888
€ 260
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1888
Sheet size
19 × 28 cm (7.5 × 11.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14171-7
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
Original lithograph in very good antique condition. Even overall age toning consistent with late 19th-century paper. Minor scattered foxing, primarily confined to the outer margins. Image remains clean and well preserved with strong clarity.
About this sheet
A river landscape in Suriname, an original lithograph from Karl Martin's Bericht uber eine Reise nach Niederlandisch West-Indien, published at Leiden by E. J. Brill in 1888. The plate is lettered "Tab. I" at the upper right and carries the printer's imprint "P. W. M. Trap, impr." at the lower right. It is printed in gray with a tint stone in warm buff, giving the sky and water a golden tone.
The view looks across a broad, calm reach of the river. A low island of rock with a few small trees stands at the center, and a long bank of forest stretches along the far shore, with tall trees on the right whose branches hang with curtains of vines down to the water. A small dugout canoe with a single paddler crosses the foreground. Bands of cloud drift across a large pale sky, and the water carries soft reflections of the shore. The old description names the island as Tafra Island.
The plate is one of a group of landscape views that Martin included to illustrate the places he passed on his expedition, beside the geological maps and fossil plates of the report.
