Antique Print-SURINAME-PAPAYA-ORANGE-BANANA-BREADFRUIT-Lauters-Benoit-1839

Price: € 48,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: '59. Oranger. 60. Bananier. 61. Abre a pain. 62. Papaya carica Male. 63. Papaya carica femelle. 64 Serpent niger et albus. ' - (59. Orange tree. 60. Banana tree. 61. Breadfruit tree. 62-64. Papaya fruit and serpents.)

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.

Medium: Tinted crayon style lithograph on chine-collee (thin china paper) on wove (vellin) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 30 x 46 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 31 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 11.8 x 18.1 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 12.2 inch.

Part Number: 50723

Location: E23-20

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.