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Auction 128, Lot 922
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"Indigotoire", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Miscellany

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Description de l'Universe

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 5.5 inches
10.2 x 14 cm
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This is a copper engraved view of a colonial indigo plantation worked by slaves. It shows the process from gathering, to soaking in large vats, to hanging in covered huts. The indigo plant supplies the important dye that was not synthesized until the 1870's. Originally cultivated in India, it is mentioned in manuscripts as early as the 4th century BC. French text on verso.

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Condition: B+

The image is fine, with a little soiling or foxing in wide margins. Dark, early impression and full margins.

Estimate: $90 - $120

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Closed on 5/20/2009

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