Antique Print-SOUTH AMERICA-COSTUME-QUITO-ECUADOR-vd Meer-Prevost-ca. 1770

Subject: Antique print, untitled. Six South American figures: a Spanish woman from Quito, a distinguished native woman, a native barber, an old widow from Quito and a native farmer.

Condition: Very good, given age. Faint soiling in the lower margin. Right edge a little uneven. A thin crease in the top margin (from binding). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 18.3 x 25.4 cm. The image size is ca. 13.8 x 18.9 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.2 x 10 inch. The image size is ca. 5.4 x 7.4 inch.

Part Number: 56696

Location: BG-C4-34

Description: From a Dutch edition of Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages', published ca. 1770.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Noach van der Meer, jr.' after an anonymous artist. Noach van der Meer, jr. (1741-1822).