[Tapada from behind]

Representation of the "tapada" view from the back, woman with wide blue skirt (saya), black cloak (manto) and white manila shawl with red decoration.
The skirt (saya) and the mantle (manto) were the most outstanding components of the clothing of the "tapada limeña", emblematic figure of the city, recognized as mysterious and seductive. Its existence can be traced from the 16th century to the middle of the 19th century, and although its use was banned numerous times due to moral accusations, its disappearance was due rather to new fashions arriving from abroad. Inscription: "Covered von hinten gerchen".
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.