[FIERRO (Pancho) after]. "Tipos y costumbres del Peru". S.l. - Lot 76

[FIERRO (Pancho) after]. "Tipos y costumbres del Peru". S.l.n.d. [circa 1840]. 19 watercolors (135 to 185 x 170 to 235) framed in blue silk and gilt, matted in folio, slipcase, long-grained red morocco gilt and cold-cut serrated roulettes on the front cover, gilt title in the center, clasp with lock. lock. NINETEEN ORIGINAL AQUARELLES ON RICE PAPER, executed in a Cantonese workshop after Francisco FIERRO PALAS, known as "Pancho" FIERRO, (1807-1879). The watercolors depict a series of figures in traditional Peruvian costumes, including the famous tapadas ("covered women"), the wealthy women of Peruvian colonial society. these wealthy women of Peruvian colonial society who wore a veil over their heads so that they could see out of only one eye. Minor damage to some of the watercolors, some of which have been restored. (MAJLUF) Natalia. "Pancho Fierro, entre el mito y la historia", in BURKE (Marcus) & MAJLUF (Natalia). Tipos del Perú. La Lima criolla de Pancho Fierro. Madrid, El Viso/The Hispanic Society of America, 2008, pp. 17-50. SET OF ORIGINAL AQUARELLES FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY.