SINGULAR DRESSES OF THE INHABITANTS OF CONCEPTION IN SOUTH AMERICA
£75.00
Original 1770s 7 inch x 4 3/4 inch Copperplate Engraving Titled SINGULAR DRESSES OF THE INHABITANTS OF CONCEPTION IN SOUTH AMERICA
Inhabitants from Concepcion Bay (now in Chile), standing on a shore in their traditional costume; at centre, a woman wearing an ample skirt, a striped shawl, and holding a fan.
Engraved by Walker
From a picture by Gaspard Duché de Vancy (1756–1788). a French artist of the 18th century. He grew up in Vienna and exhibited not only at Paris’s Salon of Young Artists (1781) but also at London’s Royal Academy (1784). He was particularly active in portraiture, producing images of Stanislaus of Poland (1784), the secretary of the Kingdom of Naples (1784) and Marie Antoinette, and was also taken on as the official artist of the La Perouse expedition, on which he disappeared.
The engraving is in close cut very good condition with slight age-related toning. Reverse side blank.
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