Description: This scarse engraved plate originates from: 'De mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol beschreven door Martinus Suart, afgebeeld door Jacques Kuyper.', 1st ed. in 6 parts, published by Johannes Allart, Amsterdam, 1802. This famous anthropological work was 'the first Dutch treatise on geographical anthropology... Quite a few plates are after the travel accounts of Captain Cook, La Pérouse, Carver, Levaillant, etc...' (Landwehr).
Artists and Engravers: Author: Martinus Stuart (Dutch preacher, historian: 1765-1826). Engraved by Louis Portman after Jacques Kuyper.
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Subject: Plate: 'Nieuw-Zeelanders.' (Inhabitants of the New Zealand.) New Zealand (Maori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This plate shows the maori inhabitants and their typical tattoos.
Condition: Excellent. General age related toning. Occasional very light staining in margins only. Please study scan.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 12.5 x 22 cm. The image size is ca. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 4.9 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 5.7 inch.
Medium: Line engraving and stipple engraving. Original hand colouring. Vellin type paper.
Location: C20-23
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