The Indian Village of Colotlan.
Drawn from Nature by Capt.n Lyon. on stone by J.D. Harding. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[London: J. Dickinson, 1827.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 160 x 170mm (6¼ x 6¾"). Glue stains in edge.
Colotlán, in Jalisco, Mexico. A plate from 'The Sketch Book of Capt.n G.F. Lyon R.N.' Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) went to sea at the age of thirteen and wrote and illustrated books on his travels, which included crossing the Sahara, serving under Parry as commander of the 'Hecla' and following Frankin into Hudson's Bay. He went to Mexico in 1826 as commissioner of the Real del Monte and Bolaños Mining Companies, dying on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London.
[Ref: 52324] £90.00
[London: J. Dickinson, 1827.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 160 x 170mm (6¼ x 6¾"). Glue stains in edge.
Colotlán, in Jalisco, Mexico. A plate from 'The Sketch Book of Capt.n G.F. Lyon R.N.' Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) went to sea at the age of thirteen and wrote and illustrated books on his travels, which included crossing the Sahara, serving under Parry as commander of the 'Hecla' and following Frankin into Hudson's Bay. He went to Mexico in 1826 as commissioner of the Real del Monte and Bolaños Mining Companies, dying on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London.
[Ref: 52324] £90.00