Travelling Post.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London. Published June 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 325 x 520mm (12¾" x 20½"). Centre fold, as issued, repairs to centre fold and nicks in margins.
A coach pulled by four mules with a lead horse. One of the few double-page plates from Emeric Essex Vidal's "Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video". 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. From one of the earliest representations of Argentinian life.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52872] £320.00
London. Published June 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 325 x 520mm (12¾" x 20½"). Centre fold, as issued, repairs to centre fold and nicks in margins.
A coach pulled by four mules with a lead horse. One of the few double-page plates from Emeric Essex Vidal's "Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video". 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. From one of the earliest representations of Argentinian life.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52872] £320.00