ARTIST: Isaak Tirion
PUBLISHER: Published by Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1767
EDITION SIZE: 6 3/4 x 3 7/8" (170 x 100 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: An unusual and finely engraved allegorical print. The image depicts five figures, sitting on and around an obelisk, to which a map of South America hangs. A figure sitting on top of the obelisk depicts a native holding a cornucopia. The four other figures represent the different European powers that held control at the time. This print likely appeared as a preface plate in one of Tirion’s published works. Drawn and engraved by J. C. Philips. A handsome piece.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.
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