Original steel engraving published in London in 1843 with a scene from the life of the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego: a family beside the fire under the shelter of a brushwood hut, a hunter with his harpoon and the coastline beyond. Imprint: "London, Published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row".
Original steel engraving published in London in 1843 with a scene from the life of the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego: a family beside the fire under the shelter of a brushwood hut, a hunter with his harpoon and the coastline beyond. Imprint: "London, Published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row".
From An Authentic History and Description of the World and its Inhabitants, the illustrated universal geography published by Thomas Kelly in London, one of the works that spread the image of the southernmost peoples of America through Europe.
Medium: Steel engraving
Publisher: Thomas Kelly, London
Date: 1843
Source: An Authentic History and Description of the World and its Inhabitants
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.0 in (27 x 20.4 cm)
Condition: Good. Sheet with wide margins and light toning; a very soft crease at the right edge, outside the image.