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Photograph (Albumen Print, Carte de Visite) of a Native Peruvian Man, by Courret Hermanos, Lima, 1865

Inventory Number 13191


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13191

Item type
Object
Provenance
Probably from Richard Inwards's photographs.
Primary inscriptions
Photographer's name printed on front of mount: 'Courret Hermanos Fotogs. Lima'. Inscribed on back: 'Chief of the | Aracanians | June 1865' [?in Richard Inwards's hand].
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 101mm Width: 59mm
Inventory No
13191

Description

Carte de visite (albumen print mounted on card) of a native Peruvian man in native dress, standing full length, turned to right, facing nearly front; he is wearing a large fur, with head-band, dagger, ankle-bands, and bare feet. The card has been trimmed at two edges and the top corners cut diagonally (presumably to fit into an album).

Eugenio and Aquiles Courret, French photographers, worked in Lima from 1863 to the 1890s, and seem to have traded as Courret Hermanos (Courret brothers) from 1865.