Oblong, 21 by 29.5 cm. With 12 exquisite hand-colored mounted aquatint views of Rio and its environs. The hand-coloring is of the deepest, richest kind, with the color heightened with gum arabic. The prints are indistinguishable from full-fledged painting, in our view. To provide scale and other interest, each illustration features people, animals, boats, and/or other details. The plates are mounted onto a brown paper of light card stock. Surrounding, or framing, the plates are three pan-and-ink ruled lines. Below are neat handwritten captions identifying the view. Views are of Entrada... View More...
