natives fishing at the Mariana Islands
after Heinrich Rudolf SCHINZ (Zurich 1777 - 1861)
“Marianeninseln” (natives fishing at the Mariana Islands)
Original lithograph from the graphic kit of the work “Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Saugetiere” printed by the swiss lithographer Honegger and published in Zurich between 1830 and 1835.
Nice example printed on wove paper, with small foxing spots more accentuated at the edges, otherwise in good general condition, embellished with a bright and accurate recent watercolouring..
Beautiful representation of Chamorro people, the inhabitants of the archipelago of the Marianas in the western North Pacific Ocean, while fishing.
The islands were named after the influential Spanish queen Mariana of Austria following their colonization in the 17th century.
References:
“Catalogue of the books manuscripts maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)” Londra, 1903, vol. 4 pag. 1835.
Size in mm: 235 x325 sheet Price: € 100,00
