An antique steel engraving of an Andean condor perched on a crag with its wings half open, and a second bird gliding above the waterfalls and volcanoes in the distance. Drawn and engraved by Auguste Lemaitre, with the bilingual title "Le Condor / El Condor" and the heading "Chile - Chili".
An antique steel engraving of an Andean condor perched on a crag with its wings half open, and a second bird gliding above the waterfalls and volcanoes in the distance. Drawn and engraved by Auguste Lemaitre, with the bilingual title "Le Condor / El Condor" and the heading "Chile - Chili".
Medium: steel engraving
Artist / engraver: Auguste Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date: 1840
Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.0 in (13 x 20.4 cm)
Condition: foxing scattered across the paper, chiefly in the margins; the image remains legible