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[Portrait of unidentified woman]

Courret Hermanos (Lima)[186-? o 187-?]

National Library of Peru

National Library of Peru
Lima, Peru

Portrait of a seated Afro-Peruvian woman with a dark cloak over her head.
This photograph is presented as a carte-de-visite, an image obtained from a negative matrix treated with wet collodion, of small dimensions, and glued on cardboard. These images were often exchanged with other people as souvenirs, and even collected in albums.

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  • Title: [Portrait of unidentified woman]
  • Creator: Courret Hermanos (Lima)
  • Date Created: [186-? o 187-?]
  • Location Created: Callao, Peru
  • Physical Dimensions: 6.4 cm x 10.5 cm
  • Type: Photograph
  • External Link: BNP Digital Library
  • Medium: Wet collodion
National Library of Peru

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