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Title
Box 15: Photographs of South American and West Indies and "Costubrismos"
Date(s)
- 1875-1889 (Creation)
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"An album of 53 photographs of South America and West Indies with Watercolours of Costumes. 53 photographs laid together with12 watercolours of South American costumes on clean transparent panels (8 x 10 cm), 24 watercolours of characters and costumes on paper (23 x 15 cm) and 23 watercolours (all but one trimmed to image) of 'Tipos de Indios del Ecuador' with loosely inserted manuscript key. Aslo included are 4 small photograhs of Madeira, 8 photograhs and two engravings ( one damaged) of Teneriffe together with loosely inserted items:5 maps (four of railways) 1876?-1908, various letters and itineraries. Photographs primarly of Colombia (with Views before and after the Earthquake of 18 May 1875), Ecuador and the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1889. The photographs are mounted one, two or three to a page and range in dimmensions from approximatey 10 x 18 cm to 18 x 23 cm - those of the Panama Canal are the largest in size. Five views in the Virgin Islands and Jamaica are followed by scenes in Cucuta, Baraquilla and San Jose, Columbia, scenes during the construction of the Panama Canal (1889) ending with eleven views in Ecuador, mainly around Guyaquil. The watercolours of costumes are laid into the back of the album. The Panama Canal was under construction by Ferdinand de Lespes between 1881 and 1889 when work stopped. The canal was completed by the United States between 1904 and 1914. The 1875 earthquake centered on Cucuta; up to 10,000 lives were lost." -- Descriptions from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers