The Old Print Shop

El Pico de Tarquino, Costa del Sur. Isla de Cuba.

  • ARTIST: Frederico Mialhe

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Mialhe, Havana.

  • MEDIUM: Toned lithograph, hand colored,

    DATE: c. 1845.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 7/8 x 10 1/8" (173x 258 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn by Mialhe. Lithographed by L. Marquier. From "Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba." Mialhe’s important Cuban views created “the image which the enlightened public of the nineteenth century had of Cuba,” writes Cueto. In addition to highly detailed city views, Isla de Cuba includes scenes depicting everyday Cuban life, such as tobacco cultivation, dancing, vending, even a cockfight.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

  • REFERENCE: Sabin 17748. Cueto, Mialhe's Colonial Cuba.