Antique Print-NEW CALEDONIA-MELANESIA-Stuart-Portman-Kuyper-1802

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

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 13.2 x 22.4 cm. The image size is ca. 9.8 x 13.8 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 5.2 x 8.8 inch. The image size is ca. 3.9 x 5.4 inch.

Plate: ‘Nieuw Caledoniers.’ (Inhabitants of New Caledonia, Melanesia.) New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Caledonie) is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea are also part of New Caledonia. Locals refer to Grande Terre as ‘Le Caillou’, the rock. This scarse 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. General age related toning. Three small stains in right margin, not affecting image. Occasional very light staining in margins only. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NEW CALEDONIA-MELANESIA-STUART-PORTMAN-KUYPER

(PCO) C66-17