"Neger aus verschiedenen Stämmern. Nègres de plusieurs Tribus".
Fuchs was renowned of his very early and fine ethnographical work.
Depicts four slaves from different African tribes having arrived in Brazil and a Portuguese leaning against a tree.
31 x 23.8 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].
