Antique Print-SURINAME-SLAVERY-HUNTING-BOAT-Lauters-Benoit-1839

About this Item

Antique print, titled: '79.Indien partant pour la chasse. 80. Pirogue indienne' - (79. Natives going for the hunt. 80. Slaves on a boat) Tinted crayon style lithograph on chine-collee (thin china paper) on wove (vellin) paper. Description: From: 'Voyage a Surinam. Description des possessions Neerlandaises dans La Guyane.', by P.J. Benoit, Bruxelles, Societe de Beaux- Arts, 1839. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Jean Baptiste Madou' after 'P.J.Benoit'. Jean Baptiste Madou (1786-1877) was a Belgian painter, etcher and renowned pioneer lithographer. Condition: Very good, given age. Dampstains in the margin (not affecting image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: LJC-E3-12 The overall size is ca. 11.8 x 18.1 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 12.2 inch. The overall size is ca. 30 x 46 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 31 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antique Print-SURINAME-SLAVERY-HUNTING-BOAT-Lauters-Benoit-1839
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