2 Antique Prints-ANTHROPOLGY-HUMAN SKULLS-Stuart-Portman-Kuyper-1802

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Line engraving and stipple engraving. Original hand colouring. Vellin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 49.6 x 22 cm. The image size is ca. 37.8 x 11.4 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 19.5 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 14.9 x 4.5 inch.

Plates I, II: ‘1. Van eene Aetiopinne. 2. Van eene Georgiaane. 3. Van een Tunguse.’ (Top view of sculls from: 1. Aethiopean. 2. Georgian. 3. Tunguse / Mongolian.) and ‘1. Van een Tunguse – Het Mongolische uiterste. 2. Van een Caraibe. De Americaansche tusschensoort. 3. Van eene Georgiaane. De Georgische Middensoort. 4. Van een Otaheit. De Maleitsche tusschensoort. 5. Van eene Aetiopinne. Het Aethiopische uiterste.’ (Front view of human skulls: 1. Tungese / Mongolian. 2. Carribean. 3. Georgian. 4. Otanheit / Malayian. 5. Aethiopean.) This engraved plate originates from: ‘De mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol beschreven door Martinus Suart, afgebeeld door Jacques Kuyper.’, 1st ed. in 6 parts, published by Johannes Allart, Amsterdam, 1802. This famous anthropological work was ‘the first Dutch treatise on geographical anthropology… Quite a few plates are after the travel accounts of Captain Cook, La Pérouse, Carver, Levaillant, etc…’ (Landwehr).Artists and Engravers: Author: Martinus Stuart (Dutch preacher, historian: 1765-1826). Engraved by Louis Portman after Jacques Kuyper.

Condition: Excellent. Original folds, as issued. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.

Keywords: 2 ANTIQUE PRINTS-ANTHROPOLGY-HUMAN SKULLS-STUART-PORTMAN-KUYPER

(PCO) C66-16

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