[Butler]

Afro-descendant man riding a gray peruvian paso horse towards the left of the composition. On a blue frame, the man wears white pants, a green poncho, a rounded yellow hat and has spurs on his shoes. Inscription: "Mayordomo einer ‘chacra’ oder Bauernhofes".
The mayordomo of the farm was the person who took care of the plantations in the absence of the owners. He designated the work that the peons had to do, such as earthmoving, harvesting products, watering, among others.
It belongs to the album "1871 Praetoria" which contains 39 sheets of which 25 are watercolors and 14 are illuminated lithographs. These images are an example of the nineteenth-century production of pictorial costumbrismo in Peru, a repertoire of typical characters -in this case from the city of Lima-, composed without much context, and rather characterized by their work and clothing.