Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
05733
Record number:
05733-2
JCB call number:
D825 M431
Image title:
Females of Lima.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
Pub'd. by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East
Image date:
1825
Image function:
plate; following p. 232
Technique:
aquatint, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
10.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
8.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
12.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Two Peruvian women of European descent wearing dresses. One wears a dress covered with lace; another wears a top hat and a short cloak.
Source creator:
Mathison, Gilbert Farquhar
Source Title:
Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands, during the years 1821 and 1822. ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
printed for Charles Knight, Pall Mall East
Source date:
M DCCC XXV. [1825]
notes:
Text explains that the woman on the right is pulling back a manto from her face, an article of dress that usually concealed the face. She also wears a Banda Patriotica in order to honor the newly-established Patriot Government. Women who dress like this are known as tapadas. The woman on the left is wearing evening clothes.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject headings:
Clothing and dress--Peru
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Image ID:
6090001
Resolution Size:
7
Format:
SID
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
06097001.sid
Width:
3716
Height:
6464

Females of Lima.
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