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Boat Owner, Norman Boatman and Oyster Sellers of La Rochelle and Bordeaux, 1842
$220
€195 · £165
Original print, not a reproduction.
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1842
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom left corner. Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Wardrobe
- Folk finery
- Era
- 1840 to 1870, Crinoline
- Stock no.
- BG-13061-28
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This original antique lithograph, hand colored, comes from the Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo (Venice, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1842). The upper image is set on a plank quay among bales and sacks. At the left a boat owner in a white cap, brown coat, yellow waistcoat and wide white breeches carries a coil of rope and gestures toward his companion. At the right a boatman in a tall black hat, blue striped shirt, braces and white apron over striped trousers leans against sacks marked with large letters, with a sail and a red pennant behind him and a dark iron post between the two men. In the lower image a woman at the left in a tall white cap, red sleeves and a striped skirt carries baskets of oysters on her back and arm. In the center a woman in a red and yellow checked headscarf, green dress and striped apron rests a hand on the wheel of a wooden cart, where a man in a red cap reaches into a basket of oysters.
The lettering reads "Tom IV" at the top left, "FRANCIA" at the center and "Tav 28" at the top right. Under the upper image: "Padrone di barca" (boat owner) and "Normano uomo di barca" (Norman boatman). Under the lower image: "Ostricaja di La-Rochelle. Pescivendola ed Ostricaro di Bordò" (oyster woman of La Rochelle; fishwife and oyster man of Bordeaux).
La Rochelle and Bordeaux are ports of the French Atlantic coast, and "Bordò" is an Italian form of Bordeaux. The plate records working dress of the coast and its oyster trade, alongside a boatman from Normandy on the Channel.
A good choice for a kitchen, a seafood restaurant or a coastal home.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom left corner. Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
