Old Print of Farmers Harvesting Cinnamon on the Island Ceylon or Sri Lanka, 1672

Antique print with two views 1. 'Waranni' and 2. 'A large Tamerind tree under the shade wherof they frequently hear Sermons.' Originally by Philip Baldeus, 1672 but from 'A Collectio...

Antique print titled 'Paardevangst op Jafnapatnam'. This print depicts the catching of horses on Jaffnapatnam. Source unknown, to be determined.

Antique print, titled: 'Paardevangst op Jafnapatnam' - This plate shows the catching of horses on Jafnapatnam. The province of Jaffna , and specially the fort at Jaffnapatnam were th...

Antique print titled 'Mandians Vacabonds - Autres Mandians'. Two views of so-called 'Mandians,' either residents of the region in Anhui province, or some type of nomadic people. They...

From my own collection I offer this impressive Antique print of the city of Malakka A very interesting piece for collectors . It is an museum piece from the Dutch Institute of Orien...

Beautiful 18th century antique etching print with in walnut briar frame. Was etching by Alessandro Mochetti (1760 - 1812) was an Italian engrave...

We present you this illustration printed from a book with depictions of old crafts – tanning in this case. The graphic is closed in passe-portout and a wooden frame with a glass. ...

'Coupang : Ile Timor. Vue d'un chantier de construction' Depicts Timorese people and Europeans building a rowboat under a tree, with other boats in the distance. The work is being overseen by a senior naval man, possibly intended to be Captain Freycinet. Steel-engraving by Friedrich Schroeder (1768-1839) after F Garnier after Alphonse Pellion. Alphonse Pellion, artist and naval draughtsman, was a midshipman aboard l'Uranie on Louis de Freycinet's three-year scientific and ethnographic expedition around the world in 1817-1820. From Louis Freycinet's 'Voyage Autour du Monde, Entrepris par Ordre du Roi ... Execue sur les Corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne Pendant les Annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820', published in Paris in 1825. Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1842) joined the French Navy in 1793 and was a veteran of the Baudin's voyage of discovery (1801-1803). He also completed the narrative of the expedition which appeared under the title of 'Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes'. In 1817 de Freycinet successfully lobbied the Government and King Louis XVIII agreed to support a new global campaign. Its mission was to finally determine the shape of the earth and return with detailed reports on geography, people, government, commerce and art of this new world. The 350-ton corvette Uranie had a complement of 120 men and 23 officers including the artist Jacques Arago and a priest. Over the next three years Uranie visited Australia, East Timor...