1837 Engraving Florida Indians Net Fishing by Le Moyne
1837 Engraving of Florida Indians
by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
"Pêche"
Original steel-engraved picture
This engraving
appeared in Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's États-Unis d'Amérique.
Paris: Firmin Didot frères. First edition, 1837. Plate 20.
Drawn by Vernier; engraved by Lebas.
Roux de Rochelle, the French Minister to the U.S.,
included the American volume in a large series entitled L'Univers.
The book contained 96 images of the United States and it was
first issued in 1837. Beginning in 1839 the plates were reissued in
several French editions, as well as editions in Italian, Spanish and
German.
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This authentic antique engraving depicts the Timucua Indians
fishing. It depicts
Native Americans in their fishing boats; others fishing with nets and spears.
The engraving is based on a drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
(c.1533 - 1588), a French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition
to the New World. His depictions of Native American and colonial life
are of extraordinary historical importance.
The print is a magnificent document and a treat for history
buffs.
Le Moyne was an artist who accompanied the 1562-1564
French expedition of Jean Ribault and René Laudonniere
the Southeastern Coastal United States. During this
expedition he became known as a cartographer and an illustrator as he
painted landscapes and reliefs of the land they crossed. Ribault
explored the mouth of the St. Johns River in Florida and erected a stone
monument there before leading the party north and establishing a
settlement on Parris Island, South Carolina. He then sailed back to
France for supplies while Laudonniere took charge of the colony. Finding
conditions unfavorable on Parris Island Laudonniere and the others
eventually moved back to Florida where they founded Fort Caroline on the
St. Johns Bluff in what is now Jacksonville. A year later, the settlers
engaged in a conflict with the Spanish colony of St. Augustine thirty
miles to the south. The Spanish
stormed the colony and killed most of the Huguenots, though
Laudonniere and Le Moyne escaped.
All but one of Le Moyne's original drawings were reportedly destroyed in
the Spanish attack on Fort Caroline; most the images attributed to him
are actually engravings created by the Dutch printer and publisher
Theodor de Bry, which are based on recreations Le Moyne produced from
memory. These reproductions, distributed by Le Moyne in printed volumes,
are some of the earliest images of European colonization in the New
World to be circulated. Le Moyne died in London in 1588, and his
detailed account of the voyage, Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida
Americai provincia Gallis acciderunt, was published in 1591.
Dimensions of the engraved area plus caption is 4.5 x 5.8 inches.
Printed on a 5.2 x 7.9
inches sheet.
The condition is good. Imperfections:
age toning; spotting; a faint crease.
Will look great with a mat and frame.
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