Portraits of Peruvians, 1860-1939, undated

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Summary

Creators:
Ugarte, Luis S., Correa, Castillo, Rafael, active 1867-1898, Courret Hermanos, Barraza, Alberto, and La Torre
Abstract:
The collection comprises studio portraits of Peruvians, mainly middle- and upper-class Limeños, taken by several photography studios between approximately 1860 and 1939. Included are 116 glass negatives and 46 modern prints from glass plate negatives not held in the collection and two modern prints from plates in the collection.
Extent:
396 items (glass negatives, film negatives, photographic prints)
Language:
Collection material is in Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Portraits of Peruvians, 1860-1939, undated, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 96.R.85.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa96r85

Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises studio portraits of Peruvians, mainly middle- and upper-class Limeños, taken by several photography studios between approximately 1860 and 1939.

The photography studios for 55 of the 116 wet collodion or gelatin silver glass plate negatives have been identified as follows: Barraza (1); Rafael Castillo (27); Correa (3); Courret Hermanos (2); La Torre (1); and Ugarte (21). Included are individual and family portraits; portraits of babies, children, and young boys in military uniform; young women; young men; married couples; children in carnival costumes; and soldiers and officers. The portraits depict people of various races and ethnicities including Black Peruvians and Chinese immigrants.

The studios for 61 images have not been identified. In addition to the kinds of sitters mentioned above, this group also includes several occupational portraits of rabanas (female camp followers), nuns, mercachifles (street vendors), musicians, and mendicants. There are also views of Lima and environs (the Plaza de Armas; the fashionable neighborhood of Rimac; the port of Callao). Street scenes and public gatherings include a procession of the Señor de los Milagros, and a military procession.

Also included are 46 modern photographic prints made from glass plate negatives not held in the collection, and two photographic prints made from plates in the collection. The sitters in these images are unidentified; the types of sitters represented are similar to those mentioned above.

Biographical / historical:

The collection of glass negatives by various makers was compiled by an unidentified collector.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 1996.
Processing information:

Processed by Beth Ann Guynn and Lynn Tapia in 1996. Cataloged by Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Arrangement:

Arranged in two series: Series I. Glass negatives, 1860-1939, undated; Series II. Prints from negatives not held in the collection, 1880, undated.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. Boxes 1, 2, and 5 are restricted. Box 4 contains use copies.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Portraits of Peruvians, 1860-1939, undated, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 96.R.85.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa96r85

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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