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Rites of the World
Pre-Battle Rituals: The King of Florida and His Magician, ca.1780
Anno Domini MDCCLXXX1780
$440
€390 · £330
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1780
- Sheet size
- 9.1 × 15.4 in (23 × 39 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Good condition. Aged paper with sometimes light brownish edges and soiling due to age and handling. A small brown dirt spot in left top. Study the images carefully.
- Faith
- Indigenous Americas
- Collection
- Rites of the World
- Era
- 1700 to 1799, Mortier, Picart and the illustrated Bible
- Stock no.
- f_38013772
A King of Florida consulting his magician before going into battle, an original copper engraving made for Portlock's New Collection of Voyages & Travels, dated about 1780. The running title is engraved across the top, and the caption beneath the image reads "A King of Florida consulting his Magician previous to his going to Battle."
The scene is a crowded ceremonial gathering. At the center a kneeling figure, the magician, stands on a round disc marked with signs and bends forward with his arms raised behind his head. At the right the king kneels or sits holding a staff, a large round ornament on his chest. Behind them a throng of warriors stands in a half circle, wearing feathered headdresses and kilts and carrying bows, shields and spears, with the spear points rising in a row above the crowd.
The image follows the sixteenth century French and English accounts of the Timucua peoples of Florida, which circulated in many later compilations of voyages, so the costume and ritual are an eighteenth century engraver's reconstruction rather than an eyewitness view.
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