Guachos (Rustics) of Tucuman.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
London. Published Sep.r 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins, trimmed within plate at top, repaired tears to edges,
Four gauchos resting by a fire, their carts behind. Vidal explains that city dwellers call all countrymen 'gauchos' and suggests it derives from the same root as the English 'gawkey' (i.e. awkward and uncooth). Their carts would be unloaded outside the town to avoid congestion inside. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45756] £150.00
London. Published Sep.r 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins, trimmed within plate at top, repaired tears to edges,
Four gauchos resting by a fire, their carts behind. Vidal explains that city dwellers call all countrymen 'gauchos' and suggests it derives from the same root as the English 'gawkey' (i.e. awkward and uncooth). Their carts would be unloaded outside the town to avoid congestion inside. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45756] £150.00