Tabaksplant en oorspronkelijke bewoner van Amerika 1730

"Tabaksplant en oorspronkelijke bewoner van Amerika" (Tobacco Plant and Original Resident of America) is a 1730 etching by Dutch artist Bernard Picart (1673-1733). The print, now in the Rijksmuseum, depicts a Native American man in traditional attire holding a tobacco pipe and a paddle, standing beside a tobacco plant. This artwork provides insight into 18th-century European perceptions of indigenous cultures and the trade of tobacco, a major commodity during this era. The detailed depiction of the tobacco plant and the figure's attire highlights the botanical and ethnographic interests of the time.