Antique Costume Print-TERRE DEL FUEGO-ARGENTINA-CHILE-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. 12.5 x 22 cm. The image size is ca. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 4.9 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 5.7 inch.

Plate: ‘Vuurlanders.’ (Inhabitants of Terre del Fuego, Argentina, Chili.) Tierra del Fuego, Spanish for ‘Fireland’ or ‘Land of Fire’, is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. 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. Occasional very light staining in margins only. Please study scan.

Keywords: ANTIQUE COSTUME PRINT-TERRE DEL FUEGO-ARGENTINA-CHILE-STUART-PORTMAN-KUYPER

(PCO) C66-24