Tableau of the Principal Peoples of America (Tableau des principaux peuples de l'Amérique)
Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur French
George Malbeste French
Félix Mixelle Jeune French
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Made to illustrate a text by author and illustrator Grasset, this print tableau purports to describe the mores, customs, religion, and commerce of the peoples of the Americas. A series of twenty-four vignettes represents the physical appearance and dress of Indigenous peoples from Canada to Patagonia. A lively border inhabited by animals native to the Americas alludes to the famed natural abundance of the New World. Grasset’s compilation, which he claimed to be "exact and true," is in fact based on earlier prints and travel accounts.
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