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2016.R.39  
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2016.R.39 Album de vistas y costumbres de la provincia de Buenos Aires, 1844-1878

Scope and Content Note

Album de vistas y costumbres de la provincia de Buenos Aires, containing 77 photographs and 20 pencil tracings, was compiled by Francis Clare Ford during his first post to Buenos Aires in 1866.

Arrangement

In original order.
 

2016.R.39-1r Engraved bookplate, 1866

Scope and Content Note

The bookplate, engraved with a coat-of-arms surrounded by a frame bearing the motto "Que sera sera," is inscribed: Francis Clare Ford / Buenos Aires / 1866.
 

2016.R.39-1v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), [Man and Woman on Horseback], 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Tracing of central figures from Palliere's lithograph Paseo del domingo . Includes four additional side and rear views of horses.
 

2016.R.39-2r.1 Bizioli, Cézar, [Indigenous Women and Children], between 1874 and 1878

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet card studio portrait of two woman sitting with three small children. Annotation written below photograph: Rumeyussan / Indian Ranguel / 1878. Imprint on recto of cabinet card: Cézar Bizoli, Calle de Cuyo 401 / Buenos Aires. Bizoli established his studio at this address in about 1874.
 

2016.R.39-2r.2 Photographer unknown, [Portrait of Utrac, Son of Inacayal], 1870s?

Scope and Content Note

Albumen cabinet card studio portrait of Utrac wearing fur skirts. Annotation on mount below photograph: Utrac / hijo e cacique Inacazal / Pacifica Gennacken / culla(?), de Nahuel-Huapi. Inacayal was chief of the Tehuelches (Patagonia).
 

2016.R.39-3r Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Desembarque con rio bajo, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Tracing after Palliere print of a woman and a man disembarking from a sailboat onto a wagon cart, with many sailboats in the background. Title written along bottom of tracing.
 

2016.R.39-4r Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Lechero y pandadero, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Tracing of two mounted street vendors from Palliere's lithograph. Title written along bottom of tracing.
 

2016.R.39-5r Photographer unknown, [Panoramic View of the Port of Buenos Aires], between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Four-part joined albumen panorama.
 

2016.R.39-6r Photographer unknown, [Panoramic View of the Rooftops of Buenos Aires], between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Four-part joined albumen panorama. Annotation on upper right border: Maison de Mariano Banderiz.
 

2016.R.39-7r Photographer unknown, [Panoramic View of Campo de Marte and Environs], between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Three-part joined albumen panorama. The left photograph shows the ruins of a powder magazine destroyed in 1864, the Campo de Marte, the Cuarteles de Retiro and the equestrian monument to San Martin; the middle photograph shows the Parque de artellaria; and the right image shows the road and buildings beyond these sites. Mount bears pencil annotations describing the sites.
 

2016.R.39-8r.1 Photographer unknown, [Frontal Portrait of a Gaucho], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-8r.2 Photographer unknown, [Three-quarter View Portrait of a Gaucho], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-9r Photographer unknown, [Monument to General José de San Martin], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-10r Photographer unknown, [Family Group on a Street in front of a Large Two-story Building], early 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. The family is standing in front of a mansion block located in a street leading off the Plaza de Retiro.
 

2016.R.39-11r Photographer unknown, [View of the Port of Buenos Aires], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-11v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), [Tracings after Pallière of Laundry and Water-gathering Scenes], 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Sheet of pencil tracings.
 

2016.R.39-12r Photographer unknown, [Customs House and Colón Theater], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Written on mount below image, lower right side: Custom House. Written on right side of mount; Colón Theatre. Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-13r Photographer unknown, La pisadora de maíz, between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of Palliere's lithograph. Annotations on mount: La maramossa. Photographie d'après / un dessin de / L[eón] Palliere.
 

2016.R.39-14r Gonnet, Julio, Passeo de Julio, approximately 1864

Scope and Content Note

Title from annotation on mount. Albumen print. See: Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 40. View taken from the southern end of the street facing the harbor. To the left is the Calle de la Piedad (now Bartholomé Mitre).
 

2016.R.39-15r Photographer unknown, Customs House, early 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Title from annotation on mount. Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-15v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Las porteñas en el templo, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Tracing after Palliere's lithograph. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-16r Gonnet, Esteban, [Plaza de Victoria, pirámide y cathedral], approximately 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 99.
 

2016.R.39-17r Gonnet, Esteban, [Plaza de la Victoria y recova nueva], approximately 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. View across the plaza with the Pirámide de Mayo, the oldest national monument in Buenos Aires, erected in 1811 on the first anniversary of the May Revolution, to the left, and the Hotel de Recova in the background. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 101.
 

2016.R.39-18r Gonnet, Esteban, [Plaza de la Victoria, pirámide y arzobispado], approximately 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Annotation on right side of mount: Teatro de Colón. Annotation on left side of mount: Catedral. Both buildings are partially visible in the photograph. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 98.
 

2016.R.39-19r Gonnet, Esteban, [Plaza de la victoria y cabilado], approximately 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 100. Annotation on mount: Cabilado.
 

2016.R.39-20r Gonnet, Esteban, [Plaza de la Victoria y recova vieja], 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 100. Annotation on mount below image: Recova vieja. Annotation on left side of mount: Teatro de Colón. The old colonnade separating the Plaza de la Victoria and the Plaza del Fuerte spans the image on the diagonal with the Teatro de Colón in the background. In 1883 the colonnade was demolished and the two plazas were united to form the Plaza de Mayo.
 

2016.R.39-21r Gonnet, Esteban, [Calle de la Piedad], 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 51. Annotation on mount: Calle de Piedad. View of the street looking west (now called Bartholomé Mitre).
 

2016.R.39-22r Photographer unknown, Church Socorro, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. View of the Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro.
 

2016.R.39-22v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Palermo, Casa de Rosas, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere's lithograph. Title written on tracing. Depicts the country home of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires Province.
 

2016.R.39-23r Photographer unknown, Retiro Railway Station, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title written on mount.
 

2016.R.39-24r Gonnet, Esteban, [Entrada al cementerio inglés], approximately 1865

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 65. Annotations written on mount: Coglani house; Quintas près de 5 Esquinas.
 

2016.R.39-25r Photographer unknown, Buckley Matthew's House, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. Also written on mount: Opposite Coglani's house.
 

2016.R.39-26r Photographer unknown, [Portrait of a Broomseller], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-27r Gonnet, Esteban (attributed), [Gaucho], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Portrait of a gaucho facing left and wearing bombachas with a pattern of dark crosses pattée within light stripes. See Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 72.
 

2016.R.39-28r Photographer unknown, [Ombú Tree], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. View of a large ombú or umbrella tree.
 

2016.R.39-29r Gonnet, Esteban, [Ombú], approximately 1866,

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 79. Depicts a little boy and girl sitting on the roots of one of two ombú trees that form a gate in front of a corral.
 

2016.R.39-30r Photographer unknown, Calle Esmeralda, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on right side of mount. Annotation on left side of mount: Recoleta. Shows the facades of buildings on Calle Esmerelda in the foreground with a view looking across trees to the water on the horizon.
 

2016.R.39-31r Gonnet, Esteban, [El pueblo de Pilar], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 69. Written on mount: Belgravo.
 

2016.R.39-31v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Un nido en la pampa, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-32r Gonnet, Esteban, [Rancho], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 78. Depicts two women and a boy sitting outside a thatched-roof hut.
 

2016.R.39-33r Gonnet, Esteban, [Rodeo. Ganado vacuno], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 81.
 

2016.R.39-33v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), El corral, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-34r Photographer unknown, [El corral], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 83.
 

2016.R.39-34v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), El saladero, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-35r Gonnet, Esteban, [Carneando], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 84. Shows a gaucho slaughtering a bull that has been roped by three other gauchos.
 

2016.R.39-35v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), La pisadora de maíz, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-36r Gonnet, Esteban (attributed), [La doma], approximately 1865

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 85. Depicts a gaucho holding a horse while a second gaucho mounts it to break it in. A third gaucho sits on the ground before them with a mate cupped in his hand (only the bombilla or straw is visible).
 

2016.R.39-37r Gonnet, Esteban, [Tomando mate], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 73. Two gauchos, one is pouring mate and the other is drinking mate.
 

2016.R.39-37v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), El asado, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-38r Gonnet, Esteban, [Sheep Resting near Gate Formed by Two Trees], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-38v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Gauchos carneando, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-39r Gonnet, Esteban, [Gauchos comiendo], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 86. Depicts three gauchos seated around a small fire preparing barbeque while a fourth stands behind them making a lazo, or rawhide rope.
 

2016.R.39-40r Gonnet, Esteban, [Gauchos], approximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 71. Depicts seven gauchos gathered around the doorway of an adobe hut.
 

2016.R.39-41r Photographer unknown, [Oxen Pulling Covered Wagon and Plow], 1860s

 

2016.R.39-41v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Mercado de frutos del pais, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-42r Gonnet, Estiban (?), Once septiembre, approximately 1866?

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount.
 

2016.R.39-43r Gonnet, Esteban, [Carro de bueyes], 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 55.
 

2016.R.39-44r Photographer unknown, Barraca, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. The photograph appears to depict the yard of a tannery.
 

2016.R.39-45r Photographer unknown, [Gauchos and Guanachos], 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Annotation on mount: Gauchos que [__] 'savages' à Lord Clarendon. 1866. Depicts two gauchos with three guanachos standing in the doorway of a barn.
 

2016.R.39-46r Gonnet, Esteban, [El Tigre. Pueblo y río], 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 68. Annotation on mount: Tigre.
 

2016.R.39-47r.1 Photographer unknown, [Gaucho Gear], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Depicts a set of bolas, a lariat and three facones (knives).
 

2016.R.39-47r.2 Photographer unknown, [Gaucho Accessories], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Depicts a beaded belt, a bag, tassels and other accoutrements.
 

2016.R.39-48r Photographer unknown, [Gaucho Tack], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Depicts reins, bridle, spurs and other tack.
 

2016.R.39-49r Photographer unknown, Pampas, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. Depicts a narrow trail through the pampa.
 

2016.R.39-50r Photographer unknown, Indios amigos, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount, which continues: (reduced). Studio portrait of a man and a woman in gaucho garb, both standing with their right hands at their waists. The bases of the studio headrests are visible behind their feet.
 

2016.R.39-51r Gonnet, Esteban, Sam Slick and Casimiro Biguá, 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Annotation on mount: Sam Slick / hijo de Casimiro; Cacique Casimiro Biguá.
 

2016.R.39-52r Gonnet, Esteban, [Indios de la Patagonia], 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 93. Annotation on mount: Indiens. Studio portrait of two men sitting cross-legged on the studio floor rug with a child seated between them.
 

2016.R.39-53r Gonnet, Esteban (?), Juanita Biguá, hija de Casimiro, 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount.
 

2016.R.39-53v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), [Figure Studies], 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracings of various figures from Palliere lithographs. A central figure seated in profile is identified on the tracing as "India a del Gran Chaco." The bedroom scene on the right-hand side of the tracing is identified as "Interior de Rancho."
 

2016.R.39-54r Gonnet, Esteban, Casimiro Biguá, 1864

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount, which continues: Tehuelche - muerte a Gregory Bay. Bust portrait.
 

2016.R.39-54v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Invasion of Indians, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere's lithograph Invasion de Indios. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-55r.1; 2016.R.39-55r.2 Photographer unknown, Skeletons of Antediluvian Animals, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Two albumen prints. Title from annotation on mount, which continues: Museum. Two views of a saber-toothed quadraped.
 

2016.R.39-55v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), Riña de gallos, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing. Depicts a cock fight.
 

2016.R.39-56r Photographer unknown, Indiens Tobas - Corriente Chaco, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen copy print seemingly several times removed from the original. Title from annotation on mount. Depicts a large group of Toba with the men standing against a brick wall and the women and children seated on the ground in front of them.
 

2016.R.39-56v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), La pulpería, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-57r.1 Photographer unknown, La pulpería, between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph. Annotation on mount: Pulpería.
 

2016.R.39-57r.2 Photographer unknown, El jugador, between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph.
 

2016.R.39-57r.3 Photographer unknown, La posta, between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph. Annotation on mount: Poste.
 

2016.R.39-57r.4 Photographer unknown, [Market], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-57v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), [Figures Studies after Palliere], 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Sheet of pencil tracings of figures taken from various Palliere lithographs, including El jugador and Idilio campestre.
 

2016.R.39-58r.1 Photographer unknown, El corral, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph.
 

2016.R.39-58r.2 Photographer unknown, Idilio campestre, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph.
 

2016.R.39-58r.3 Photographer unknown, Estancia de Collins, Uruguay, 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount.
 

2016.R.39-58r.4 Photographer unknown, [Canoe in an Inlet], 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Annotation on mount; Idem (i.e. in reference to 2016.R.39-57r.3). River view with a canoe near the beach.
 

2016.R.39-58v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), [Equestrian Figures], 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Sheet of pencil tracings after Palliere. Contains mostly equestrian figures. A small rendition of La posta is included in the upper right corner. Also includes the mounted gaucho from Recuerdo de Entre-Rios.
 

2016.R.39-59r.1 Photographer unknown, La pisadora de maíz, between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph.
 

2016.R.39-59r.2 Photographer unknown, Tehueches (Patagones), 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. Depicts three standing men and a boy and a seated man.
 

2016.R.39-59r.3 Photographer unknown, Une belle de Tecuman, 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. Portrait of a young woman playing the harp.
 

2016.R.39-59r.4 Photographer unknown, Tobas (Chaco), between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen photograph reproducing Palliere's lithograph Tobas indios del Gran Chaco. Depicts a group of Tobas with palm trees behind them.
 

2016.R.39-59v Ford, Francis Clare (attributed), La cuna, 1865 or 1866

Scope and Content Note

Pencil tracing after Palliere. Title written on tracing.
 

2016.R.39-60r.1 Photographer unknown, Estancia Collins, Uruguay, 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. View of the ranch buildings.
 

2016.R.39-60r.2 Photographer unknown, [Man Standing at the Side of a Building and Holding a Riata], 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Annotation on mount: Idem (refers to location of previous image).
 

2016.R.39-60r.3 Photographer unknown, [Man Standing with Horse at the Side of a Building], 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Annotation on mount: Idem (refers to location of previous images).
 

2016.R.39-60r.4 Photographer unknown, [Indigenous Man Sitting in a Cane Chair], 1860s

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print.
 

2016.R.39-60r.5 Photographer unknown, La cuna, between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph.
 

2016.R.39-60r.6 Gonnet, Esteban, [Un gaucho, vestimenta del campo], aproximately 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from Priamo, Buenos Aires, ciudad y campaña 1860-1870, p. 72.
 

2016.R.39-60r.7 Photographer unknown, Shooting Party, Estancia Collins, 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print. Title from annotation on mount. Depicts a group of five men, two of whom hold rifles.
 

2016.R.39-60r.8 Photographer unknown, [Gauchos Eating Meat on a Spit], between 1864 and 1866

Scope and Content Note

Albumen print of Palliere's lithograph.
 

2016.R.39-61r Two bank notes, 1864

Scope and Content Note

One 20 and one 50 peso note from the Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Aires.
 

2016.R.39-61v Four bank notes, 1844-1864

Scope and Content Note

One 1865 bank note each of 1, 5 and 10 pesos, from the Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Aires; and one 1 peso note from 1844.
 

2016.R.39-62r 100 peso bank note, 1864

Scope and Content Note

From the Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Aires.
 

2016.R.39-62v "Paper Money in Buenos Ayres," 1869 November 19

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clipping containing the text of a letter regarding Argentine inflation written by Edward F. Davison, Consul General of the Argentine Republic, to George S. Boutwell, Secretary of the US Treasury.