Description
Framed set of six original hand-colored engravings from Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur’s landmark 1796 work, L’Encyclopédie des Voyages.
These are not modern reproductions. They are 230-year-old ethnographic art.
(Left to Right):
1. Esclave du Mexique: An Aztec woman and child.
2. Esclave du Mexique en Voyage: An Aztec traveler.
3. Sauvage de la Terre de Natal: A warrior from present-day South Africa.
4. Sauvagesse de la Terre de Natal: A South African woman.
5. Femme Caraïbe de Surinam: An indigenous Carib family from South America.
6. Homme Caraïbe de Surinam: A Carib warrior.
Circa 1796.
Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engravings.
