Artist: Nathaniel Parr (British, 1739-1767 (active).
Title: Way of Catching Fish from du Halde. Way of Taking Wild Ducks from Nieuhof.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Way of Catching Fish from du Halde. Way of Taking Wild Ducks from Nieuhof. No. 135. N. Parr sculp. Vol. IV. Pl. 30. p. 311.
Dimensions: Image 6" x 7 3/4". Frame 11" x 12 1/4".
Publisher: Thomas Astley.
Edition: A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels... in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America... Also the Manners and Customs of the Several Inhabitants... Consisting of the Most Esteemed Relations, which Have Been Hitherto Published in Any Language. Vol. I-IV. London, 1745-1747.
Date: 1747.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on paper.
Mat and Frame: yes
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Tears, waviness, stains, foxing. Unexamined outside of the frame. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Vol. IV. Pl. 30. p. 311.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVIII C.
Note: Way of Catching Fish by Boards jap-pann'd with white varnish which the Fish, mistaking by Moonlight for Water, leap on and are taken; Way of Taking Wild Ducks by Men going into the Water with their Heads in the Shells of large Gourds, with Holes to see and breathe through. (title of 1746 edition).