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2 Antique Prints-KHOIKHOI-HOTTENTOT-COSTUME-FASHION-WESTERN CAPE-Wahlen-1844

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Hottentot. Hottentote. – Two handcoloured plates, showing a Hottentot (Khoikhoi) man and woman, from the Western Cape region of South Africa. The man draws a bow.

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‘Hottentot. Hottentote.’

Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 10 x 19 cm. (3,9 x 7,5 inch).

From the Africa/America volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King.

Condition: Good, given age. Faintly browned, and with a few stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: KHOIKHOI-HOTTENTOT-COSTUME-FASHION-WESTERN CAPE

PCO-C10-22

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Dimensions 26 × 16 × 1 cm

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