Aquatint engraving with contemporary hand-coloring. Image: 49x34 cm (19¼x9½"); sheet: 63x46 cm (24¾x18¼"). Tableau 8 from 'Travels in the Interior of North America' by Maximilian, Prince of Wied. Printed title information in French, blind stamp on sheet "C.Bodmer/Direct". Maximillian was a German explorer and naturalist who embarked on a journey through the American West to document the Indian peoples of the American West. The aquatints produced by Bodmer during this expedition "have been regarded as one of the most significant contributions to the iconography of the western frontier." (American Dictionary of National Biography), Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
Aquatint engraving with contemporary hand-coloring. Image: 49x34 cm (19¼x9½"); sheet: 63x46 cm (24¾x18¼"). Tableau 8 from 'Travels in the Interior of North America' by Maximilian, Prince of Wied. Printed title information in French, blind stamp on sheet "C.Bodmer/Direct". Maximillian was a German explorer and naturalist who embarked on a journey through the American West to document the Indian peoples of the American West. The aquatints produced by Bodmer during this expedition "have been regarded as one of the most significant contributions to the iconography of the western frontier." (American Dictionary of National Biography), Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
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