Original Zaparo Tribe Illustrations: Amazon Exploration, 1854
€ 130
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1854
Sheet size
22.5 × 15 cm (8.9 × 5.9 in)
Reference
BG-13806-88, BG-13806-87
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, given age. Some soiling and little staining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
About this sheet
Two Zaparo men, a pair of original lithographs from Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, published by the U.S. Navy Department in 1854. The plates are lettered "Zaparo", drawn by "Pr. Vernaui del." and lithographed by Wagner & McGuigan of Philadelphia, and one carries the number "Pl. 16".
In the first plate a man stands among the trees of a forest, wearing a tall feather headdress and a white loincloth, with a long spear in one hand and a small bird perched on the other. A pouch hangs at his waist, and a broken tree trunk and thick undergrowth fill the background. In the second plate a man stands on a sandy shore wearing a fringed skirt, holding a large fish by the tail, with a still lake, a canoe at the right edge and a range of mountains behind. Both are printed in black and gray in soft tones on a tinted ground.
The book recorded a U.S. Navy expedition down the Amazon and its tributaries, and its plates were among the early American illustrations of the peoples of the region.
