Original antique engraving with the full-length portrait of João de Castro (1500-1548), Portuguese navigator, cartographer and viceroy of India, in armor and cloak, holding a palm. Heading "Portugal" and caption "João de Castro (M. S. de Barreto de Rezende, Bib. Roy.)", the manuscript source from which it was copied.
Original antique engraving with the full-length portrait of João de Castro (1500-1548), Portuguese navigator, cartographer and viceroy of India, in armor and cloak, holding a palm. Heading "Portugal" and caption "João de Castro (M. S. de Barreto de Rezende, Bib. Roy.)", the manuscript source from which it was copied.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Engraver / lithographer: workshop of Auguste Lemaitre (signed "Lemaitre direxit").
Date: c. 1845 (19th century).
Source: Panorama Universal / L'Univers pittoresque, French-Spanish bilingual edition.
Dimensions: 5.4 x 8.6 in (13.7 x 21.8 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper lightly toned, with small scattered spots in the margins.