Antique Prints-TATTOO-BODY PAINT-OCEANIA-Meyers-1900

Original colour chromolithographs. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 15.8 x 25.2 cm. The image size is ca. 13.2 x 20.7 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 6.2 x 9.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.2 x 8.1 inch.

Plate: Ornamentale Tatowierung. (Ornamental tattoo). This plate shows several ornamental tattoos, (body paint) of people from New Zealand, Japan, Borneo. This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from a famous German encyclopedia: ‘Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon.’ ca. 1900 edition, published in Leipzig and Vienna. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia.Artists and Engravers: The original founder and publisher who initiated this famous enxyclopedia was Joseph Meyer (1796-1856, Hildburghausen, Germany).

Condition: Very good, given age. Some small stains in margin. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINTS-TATTOO-BODY PAINT-OCEANIA-MEYERS

(PCOMAN) C26-33