Catalog Archive
Auction 128, Lot 908
Print View

"Sacrifice que les Floridiens sont au Soleil, de leurs Premiers nez. [on sheet with] Ofrande que les Floridiens sont d'un Cerf au Soleil"

Subject: Native Americans, Florida

Period: 1721 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
8.1 x 12.5 inches
20.6 x 31.8 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Two copper engraved views on one sheet, each with its own border, showing Floridian sacrifices to the sun. The upper image is filled with young women dancing near the "chosen one" with priests off to one side. The lower image has many priests offering a deer on the end of a tall pole to the Sun God. Engraved by B. Picart in 1721. An exceptional example.

References:

Condition: A+

Beautiful engraved line on full sheet of hand laid paper with original margins.

Estimate: $130 - $160

Sold for: $95

Closed on 5/20/2009

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap