Bodmer, Carl
Description:Aquatint engraving, hand-colored, heightened with gum arabic. Image approx. 18½x13, on plate 23¾x17, hinged to mat. Spectacular and vivid depiction of a warrior in full regalia, a bow and arrows clasped in his left hand; from the atlas which accompanied Prince Maximilien of Wied's account of his travels into the interior of North America in the early 1830's. There were editions in Germany, France, and England, with the same atlas, issued in France, used for the various editions, and the captions are in French, German and English, and the imprints of all three publishers are in the plate. With Bodmer's blindstamp in the lower margin.
Published:Coblenz, Paris & London
Name:J. Hölscher, et al.
Date:c.1840-1843
Description:Aquatint engraving, hand-colored, heightened with gum arabic. Image approx. 18½x13, on plate 23¾x17, hinged to mat. Spectacular and vivid depiction of a warrior in full regalia, a bow and arrows clasped in his left hand; from the atlas which accompanied Prince Maximilien of Wied's account of his travels into the interior of North America in the early 1830's. There were editions in Germany, France, and England, with the same atlas, issued in France, used for the various editions, and the captions are in French, German and English, and the imprints of all three publishers are in the plate. With Bodmer's blindstamp in the lower margin.
Published:Coblenz, Paris & London
Name:J. Hölscher, et al.
Date:c.1840-1843
Condition report
Tiny spot in top margin, else fine.
Images
Click on thumbnails to see larger images:
Additional lots in this auction
Similar lots up for auction
Auction details
Fine Americana
1:00 PM PT - Jun 28th, 2007
offered by
PBA Galleries
133 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
San Francisco, CA 94108
