[Chichera of terranova stall]

Image composed of two characters. On the left is a man from behind, while on the right is a woman from the front, serving a drink from a large earthenware container. Next to them, a table covered with a tablecloth and glasses, containers and bottles.
The image shows us a food and drink stall. Following the description in German, it is the stall of a seller of chicha from Newfoundland, an alcoholic beverage based on corn and fruit. This would have served to cool off, and healing properties were attributed to it, such as purifying the blood and attenuating the nerves.
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.