Antique Print-AFRICAN-CULTURE-CAZEGUL-TRADITIONAL-ATTIRE-Labrousse-Grasset-1797

(Black Men and Women of Cazegul) The illustration depicts the everyday life of African men and women from Cazegul. Most of them are wearing traditional clothing that reflects their cultural heritage. One of them is wearing some western origin clothing, including a tartan and tricorn hat.

Made by Labrousse after Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur.

Medium: Handcoloured line and aquatint etching on hand laid paper.

Sheet size: 20.5 x 26.1 cm (8.07 x 10.28 inch). Image size: 14.7 x 20.5 cm. (5.79 x 8.07 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper edges a bit irregular and brownish from binding. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AFRICAN-CULTURE-CAZEGUL-DAILY-LIFE-TRADITIONAL-ATTIRE-SOCIAL-CUSTOMS | PCO-C27-46

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Costumes de Differents Pays …’ by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, c.1797.

Biography engraver: Labrousse was a late 18th C. French engraver.

Biography artist: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810) was born as son of a diplomat in Montreal, Canada. He was exposed to varying cultures at an early age.