L'Amerique.
Dessine par Vauthier. Terminé par Bertrand. A Paris et a Ausbourg chez Tessari et C.ie. Depose a la Direction. [n.d. c.1820] Stipple, sheet 390 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate left and right. Small margin at bottom. An early form of the allegorical figure representing "America". A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Native American woman. She wears a fabric robe with left breast exposed, a feathered headdress with beaded braids, and feathered armbands.
[Ref: 61497] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)