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AFRIQUE ORIENTALE: NATUREL DE LA COTE DE MOZAMBIQUE; FRENCH ENGRAVING AFTER NICOLAS-MARTIN PETIT circa 1807 Engraving, plate 54, titled "Afrique Orientale" ("East Africa") with the caption "Naturel de la Cote de Mosambique" ("Native of the Mozambique Coast"). It shows a young man in three-quarter profile, bare-chested, with elaborate raised scarification patterns covering his face, chest, and abdomen. The image is inscribed with the names of the artist ("N. Petit del.") and engraver at the bottom. This portrait was drawn by Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777–1804), an artist who sailed on Captain Nicolas Baudin's French scientific expedition to the "southern lands" (Australia) between 1800 and 1804. Unframed. plate: 11.5 x 8 inches; sheet: 13 x 10 inches
$100-120

Sold for $80

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