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[Woman on horseback, Peru] – Antique Print

[Woman on horseback, Peru], [between 1830 and 1840] — historic drawing
[Woman on horseback, Peru], [between 1830 and 1840]. Historic drawing from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Woman on horseback, Peru]

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Few horse pictures on this board show a woman in the saddle, and this watercolor places one on horseback in Peru. The record dates it between 1830 and 1840, a decade when Peru was still young as an independent republic and artists in Lima were turning to everyday local types. Costumbrista painters such as Pancho Fierro recorded such figures in watercolor, often with close attention to dress, saddlery and social standing. The record does not name the artist, so the sheet is best read as a glimpse of daily life in the period.

Created / published[between 1830 and 1840]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,174 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110302

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