Antique lithograph views of Lima – Penitentiary & San Francisco Convent, 1865

Name: Antique lithograph views of Lima – Penitentiary & San Francisco Convent, 1865
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14032-22
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 52.2 × 34.7 cm (20.6 × 13.7 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition. Mild age toning and a few scattered foxing spots in margins. Strong impressions with wide margins and visible plate mark.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14032-22

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Two views of Lima on a single sheet, original lithographs printed in tints from Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán's Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Paris in 1865. The upper image is lettered "Vista de la Penitenciaria de Lima" and the lower "Vista del Primer Claustro del Convento de San Francisco".

The upper view shows the penitentiary as a long, plain, stone-built block with a row of arched windows, a flag flying above it and a domed structure behind, standing alone on open ground under a pale sky. The lower view, printed in a darker tone, looks into the first cloister of the Franciscan convent. Two levels of arcades with columns, carved medallions and balustrades surround the courtyard, and a bare tree stands in the corner.

Set together, the sheet contrasts a new public institution with one of the city's colonial religious buildings. The atlas, printed in Paris by Lemercier, was the first comprehensive national atlas of Peru, combining maps, plans and views of its cities, ports and landscapes.

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