Set of 3 Antique Prints of Various Figures and Objects of Canada and Alaska

€ 175

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

Sheet size: 26 × 18 cm (10.2 × 7.1 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-12504-1 + 2

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. Few small defects. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

A set of three engraved sheets on the peoples and implements of the Arctic and the northern coasts of North America, from the Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences, the work of Johann Georg Heck as revised and edited for American use by Daniel Brinton. Each sheet is headed "Americans" with a plate number and numbered captions beneath the images.

One sheet groups figures and objects: a dwelling of snow or turf, a woman in furs, a decorated bowl-shaped vessel, small tools and harpoon heads, and portraits of men with painted or tattooed faces. A second shows Arctic hooded figures in fur parkas, a full-length man in a skin suit, the interior of a house with figures seated around a lamp, a large tent on a frame and a seated figure at lower right. The third sheet is given to boats and hunting gear, with a kayak crew and a larger open skin boat, paddles, harpoons and spear shafts, goggles, carved figures, a conical tent and portraits of people in fur hoods.

Together they record the clothing, boats and shelters of northern peoples as encyclopedic illustration of the nineteenth century presented them.