Water Cart.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
London. Published Aug.t 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins, mount burn around image, repairs to bottom margin.
A high-wheeled cart pulled by two oxen, driven down a steep bank by a gaucho riding on the yoke. The flat plains of Argentine mean that no canals could be built to supply Buenos Aires with drinking water, resulting in large numbers of water carts 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: 45757] £140.00
London. Published Aug.t 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins, mount burn around image, repairs to bottom margin.
A high-wheeled cart pulled by two oxen, driven down a steep bank by a gaucho riding on the yoke. The flat plains of Argentine mean that no canals could be built to supply Buenos Aires with drinking water, resulting in large numbers of water carts 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: 45757] £140.00