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Since Adirondack Retro acquired Darvill's Rare Prints in August of 2022, we have been working tirelessly on our New State-Of-The Art Website . We are excited to announce that it is now up and running and that our massive inventory of Antique Prints and Rare Maps are being transferred over to the new site daily. In addition to the nearly 500,000 prints found on www.DarvillsRarePrints.com, Adirondack Retro offers an eclectic selection of Antique and Vintage Advertisements along with their Limited Edition Giclee Prints. During this transition, customers will still be able to shop and make purchases on www.DarvillsRarePrints.com.

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Original antique engravings of Native Peoples (Eskimo, Laplander, Native American, African, etc.), Ethnicities, Cultural Customs, etc.,
from miscellaneous 18th- and 19th-century sources


Habit of the Natives of Greenland
original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790 [probably from Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography] Sheet size = approximately 7.5 x 5.125 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$30


Dress of the Laplanders with their method of Travelling
original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790 Engraved for Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography Sheet size = approximately 8.125 x 5.5 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$40


Esquimaux Eskimos
original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810 Sheet size = approximately 8.125 x 4.875 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$30


Traineau d'Esquimaux {Eskimo sled}
original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810 Sheet size = approximately 7.675 x 5 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$30


Ice Islands & Continent in the North Polar Circle
original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810 Sheet size = approximately 9.375 x 6.75 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$40


Esquimaux's [sic] of Hudson's Bay
original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810 Sheet size = approximately 7.875 x 10.25 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$30


Araucano, Native of Chile
original hand-coloured lithograph from D.F. Pritchard's Natural History of Man (1842) Mount/Mat outer dimensions = approximately 8 x 11 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.


A North American Half-Breed Hunter
original woodcut, probably from The Illustrated London Times, circa 1850-1860 Sheet size = approximately 9.25 x 6.25 inches with cardstock backing Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$25


Caffarian Family Travelling
original hand-coloured etching/engraving from Daniel's African Scenery (circa 1845) Sheet size = approximately 6.25 x 3.75 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$45


Kafir Native Hut and Young Kafirs
original 19th-century woodcut engraving Sheet size = approximately 6.75 x 4.125 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$15


Tattooed Chief
original 19th-century engraving Sheet size = approximately 3.75 x 5.125 inches Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$15


[natives with shields and spears]
original 19th-century engraving/etching Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 2.875 inches (note the faint reddish stain in middle) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$5


[scenes in native life]
original 19th-century engraving/etching Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.5 inches (age-toning and mildly wrinkled paper) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$5


[natives pouring grain(?) in front of Europeans]
original 19th-century engraving/etching Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.75 inches (note the faint reddish stain in middle) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$5


The Reverend Mr. Kicherer, Mary, John, Martha
original 19th-century engraving/etching Pub. by T. Williams, Stationer's Court, 1 January 1804 Sheet size = approximately 7 x 4.25 inches (damp stains) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$15


The Cotton Gin: Creator of Cotton's Kingdom
original 19th-century halftone print Sheet size = approximately 9.5 x 5.875 inches (edge/corner wear and wrinkling) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$5


'G'way fum heah – wan' me ter upset dese pickins?'
original 19th-century halftone print Sheet size = approximately 7.25 x 8.75 inches (age-toning and stain upper right corner) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$25


Natives with Beadwork
original late 19th- or early 20th century photogravure Sheet size = approximately 6 x 8 inches (thin paper, somewhat wrinkled/handled) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$25


Native man and woman
original late 19th- or early 20th century photogravure Sheet size = approximately 5 x 7 inches (thin paper, somewhat wrinkled/handled) Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.
$15

Thousands of original Antique and Vintage Prints from many different subjects

Original antique engravings of Native Peoples (Eskimo, Laplander, Native American, African, etc.), Ethnicities, Cultural Customs, etc., from miscellaneous 18th- and 19th-century sources

Habit of the Natives of Greenland

original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790 [probably from Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography]

Sheet size = approximately 7.5 x 5.125 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Dress of the Laplanders with their method of Travelling

original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790 Engraved for Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography

Sheet size = approximately 8.125 x 5.5 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$40

Esquimaux Eskimos

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 8.125 x 4.875 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Traineau d'Esquimaux {Eskimo sled}

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 7.675 x 5 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Ice Islands & Continent in the North Polar Circle

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 9.375 x 6.75 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$40

Esquimaux's [sic] of Hudson's Bay

original copperplate engraving, circa 1790-1810

Sheet size = approximately 7.875 x 10.25 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$30

Araucano, Native of Chile

original hand-coloured lithograph from D.F. Pritchard's Natural History of Man (1842)

Mount/Mat outer dimensions = approximately 8 x 11 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

A North American Half-Breed Hunter

original woodcut, probably from The Illustrated London Times, circa 1850-1860

Sheet size = approximately 9.25 x 6.25 inches with cardstock backing

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$25

Caffarian Family Travelling

original hand-coloured etching/engraving from Daniel's African Scenery (circa 1845)

Sheet size = approximately 6.25 x 3.75 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$45

Kafir Native Hut and Young Kafirs

original 19th-century woodcut engraving

Sheet size = approximately 6.75 x 4.125 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

Tattooed Chief

original 19th-century engraving

Sheet size = approximately 3.75 x 5.125 inches

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

[natives with shields and spears]

original 19th-century engraving/etching

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 2.875 inches (note the faint reddish stain in middle)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

[scenes in native life]

original 19th-century engraving/etching

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.5 inches (age-toning and mildly wrinkled paper)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

[natives pouring grain(?) in front of Europeans]

original 19th-century engraving/etching

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.75 inches (note the faint reddish stain in middle)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

The Reverend Mr. Kicherer, Mary, John, Martha

original 19th-century engraving/etching Pub. by T. Williams, Stationer's Court, 1 January 1804

Sheet size = approximately 7 x 4.25 inches (damp stains)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$15

The Cotton Gin: Creator of Cotton's Kingdom

original 19th-century halftone print

Sheet size = approximately 9.5 x 5.875 inches (edge/corner wear and wrinkling)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$5

Original antique engravings of Native Peoples (Eskimo, Laplander, Native American, African, etc.), Ethnicities, Cultural Customs, etc.,
from miscellaneous 18th- and 19th-century sources

original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790
[probably from Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography]

original copperplate engraving, circa 1770-1790
Engraved for Jackson's Edition of Payne's New System of Universal Geography

Traineau d'Esquimaux
{Eskimo sled}

original hand-coloured lithograph from
D.F. Pritchard's Natural History of Man (1842)

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 2.875 inches
(note the faint reddish stain in middle)

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.5 inches
(age-toning and mildly wrinkled paper)

Sheet size = approximately 4.875 x 3.75 inches
(note the faint reddish stain in middle)

original 19th-century engraving/etching
Pub. by T. Williams, Stationer's Court, 1 January 1804

Sheet size = approximately 7 x 4.25 inches
(damp stains)

Sheet size = approximately 9.5 x 5.875 inches
(edge/corner wear and wrinkling)

Sheet size = approximately 7.25 x 8.75 inches
(age-toning and stain upper right corner)

Sheet size = approximately 6 x 8 inches
(thin paper, somewhat wrinkled/handled)

Sheet size = approximately 5 x 7 inches
(thin paper, somewhat wrinkled/handled)