1840 South African natives, Brodtmann, hand coloured folio stone lithograph, ethnology

"Kaffern - Des Caffres".

27.2 x 37 cm

Stone lithography was the first printmaking technology that allowed a traditional artist to work using traditional techniques, and to create prints that could rival an original painting in terms of detail, mood and color variations.

[Issued in: SCHINZ, HEINRICH RUDOLF].NATURGESCHICHTE UND ABBILDUNGEN DER SÄUGETHIERE][Zürich: Brodtmann, 1840].

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