Original Antique Print of Two Women and a Man from Bolivia, South America, 1843
€ 220
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1843
Sheet size
26 × 18 cm (10.2 × 7.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12617-17
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. Minor wear, blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Bolivia, an original hand-colored print of 1843 from the work of Captain Gabriel-Pierre Lafond, Voyages autour du monde et naufrages célèbres, engraved by Collignon. The sheet is lettered "Bolivia" with a caption beneath that refers to women of Chuquisaca, and the series title appears at the right.
Two women and a man are grouped in the foreground, standing on a path with a rocky mountain and palm fronds behind them. The woman at the left, seen from behind, wears a red bodice, a blue skirt banded with red and white, and long braids tied with ribbons. The woman at the center, in a pale yellow patterned dress with a necklace, carries a basket of fruit. The man at the right wears a wide-brimmed yellow hat and a poncho patterned with bold stripes and circles. The costumes are rendered in clear, bright colors.
Lafond's work, published in Paris in the 1840s, described voyages round the world and was illustrated with plates of the peoples of the lands visited.
