Description:
- Engraving corresponding to Plate 16 on Ethnography, part of the Popular Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts, produced by Federico Gillman, and based on the Iconographic Encyclopaedia and the Conversations Lexicon from Germany.
- The engraving depicts tribes such as the Botocudas (south-east Brazil), the Camacanes (east Brazil), the Mundrucus (an Amazonian indigenous people of Brazil), the Pataxó (from southern and northern Brazil), the Miraña (the Caqueta River basin in Colombia and rivers in Brazil), the Puri, a South American indigenous people in Brazil, and the Yuri, an indigenous people of the north-western Amazon, in the Puré River basin in Colombia, near the border with Brazil.
- The upper margin bears the title “ETHNOGRAPHY”, and the top right-hand corner is marked “Lam. 16”, identifying it as Engraving number 16 in a series on ethnography.
- The lower margin features descriptions of the various Brazilian tribes, their dances, huts, festivals, etc.
- An etching on steel, although a different technique may also have been used.
- Executed in monochrome black, with excellent ink coverage, well-centred with acceptable margins and a good impression.
- The presence of any mark, stamp or watermark on the print is of great importance for identifying details such as the engraver, the draughtsman, the place of printing and other particulars.
Conservation and Damage:
- Overall condition: good.
- The print is on medium-weight paper of fair quality.
- The paper has hardly any rust spots.
- The print has small tears and creases at the edges and corners.
- If cleaned, the result could be very acceptable.
Comments:
- Dimensions are approximate.
- The print is ideal as a decorative item.
- The colour tones in the photos do not match the actual colour tones.
- The print for sale is the one shown in the photos. The description is not a detailed account of it.
- The information provided here is personal opinion and has not been verified.
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