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Original antique engravings of Native Peoples (Eskimo, Laplander, Native American, African, etc.), Ethnicities, Cultural Customs, etc.,
from miscellaneous 18th- and 19th-century sources

Habit of the Natives of Greenland

Habit of the Natives of Greenland

original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790
[probably from Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography]

Sheet size = approximately 7.5 x 5.125 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Dress of the Laplanders with their method of Travelling

Dress of the Laplanders with their method of Travelling

original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790
Engraved for Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography

Sheet size = approximately 8.125 x 5.5 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$40

Esquimaux   Eskimos

Esquimaux   Eskimos

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 8.125 x 4.875 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Traineau d'Esquimaux

Traineau d'Esquimaux
{Eskimo sled}

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 7.675 x 5 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Ice Islands & Continent in the North Polar Circle

Ice Islands & Continent in the North Polar Circle

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 9.375 x 6.75 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$40

Esquimaux's of Hudson's Bay

Esquimaux's [sic] of Hudson's Bay

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 7.875 x 10.25 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Araucano, Native of Chile

Araucano, Native of Chile

original hand-coloured lithograph from
D.F. Pritchard's Natural History of Man (1842)

Mount/Mat outer dimensions = approximately 8 x 11 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

A North American Half-Breed Hunter

A North American Half-Breed Hunter

original woodcut, probably from The Illustrated London Times, circa 1850-1860

Sheet size = approximately 9.25 x 6.25 inches with cardstock backing

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$25

Caffarian Family Travelling

Caffarian Family Travelling

original hand-coloured etching/engraving from Daniel's African Scenery (circa 1845)

Sheet size = approximately 6.25 x 3.75 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$45

Caffarian Family Travelling

Kafir Native Hut and Young Kafirs

original 19th-century woodcut engraving

Sheet size = approximately 6.75 x 4.125 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

Tattooed Chief

Tattooed Chief

original 19th-century engraving

Sheet size = approximately 3.75 x 5.125 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

Tattooed Chief

[natives with shields and spears]

original 19th-century engraving/etching

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 2.875 inches
(note the faint reddish stain in middle)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

[scenes in native life]

[scenes in native life]

original 19th-century engraving/etching

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.5 inches
(age-toning and mildly wrinkled paper)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

[natives pouring grain in front of Europeans]

[natives pouring grain(?) in front of Europeans]

original 19th-century engraving/etching

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.75 inches
(note the faint reddish stain in middle)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

The Reverend Mr. Kicherer, Mary, John, Martha

The Reverend Mr. Kicherer, Mary, John, Martha

original 19th-century engraving/etching
Pub. by T. Williams, Stationer's Court, 1 January 1804

Sheet size = approximately 7 x 4.25 inches
(damp stains)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

The Cotton Gin: Creator of Cotton's Kingdom

The Cotton Gin: Creator of Cotton's Kingdom

original 19th-century halftone print

Sheet size = approximately 9.5 x 5.875 inches
(edge/corner wear and wrinkling)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

'G'way fum heah – wan' me ter upset dese pickins?'

'G'way fum heah – wan' me ter upset dese pickins?'

original 19th-century halftone print

Sheet size = approximately 7.25 x 8.75 inches
(age-toning and stain upper right corner)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$25

Natives with Beadwork

Natives with Beadwork

original late 19th- or early 20th century photogravure

Sheet size = approximately 6 x 8 inches
(thin paper, somewhat wrinkled/handled)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$25

Native man and woman

Native man and woman

original late 19th- or early 20th century photogravure

Sheet size = approximately 5 x 7 inches
(thin paper, somewhat wrinkled/handled)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

 

Thousands of original Antique and Vintage Prints from many different subjects