Peruvian Women's Costumes, Huarochirí & Huancavelica, Hand-Colored, 1841
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Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1841
- Sheet size
- 12.8 × 19.9 in (32.5 × 50.5 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Good condition consistent with age. Light age toning and scattered foxing, primarily visible in the wide margins. Minor handling wear at the sheet edges. Original hand-coloring remains fresh and attractive. Please review images carefully.
- Wardrobe
- Far & away
- Era
- 1840 to 1870, Crinoline
- Stock no.
- f_50682292
Two Peruvian women in regional dress, an original hand-colored lithograph of about 1841 drawn by Pierre Blanchard. The plate is lettered "Indienne de Huarachiri (Pérou)" under the figure at the left and "Indienne de Guancavelica (Pérou)" under the figure at the right.
The woman from Huarochirí, at the left, wears a broad-brimmed straw hat, a dark green bodice and skirt edged in yellow, and a red shawl or apron looped over her arm. The woman from Huancavelica, at the right, wears a blue dress with a red mantle edged in yellow draped over her shoulders and carries a small bundle in one hand. Each stands on a small patch of ground with small scrubby plants, and the rest of the sheet is left bare.
The plate comes from a French voyage atlas of the 1840s, and the two figures illustrate the differences of dress between the highland districts of Peru.
