Hand-colored Views of Cajamarca – Santa Catalina Church & Thermal Springs, 1865

Name: Hand-colored Views of Cajamarca – Santa Catalina Church & Thermal Springs, 1865
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14032-25
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 52 × 36.7 cm (20.5 × 14.4 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition. Original hand-coloring well preserved with natural tones. Light foxing and faint toning in margins, not affecting the images. Plate mark visible, wide margins intact.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14032-25

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 from Cajamarca, in northern Peru, on a single sheet, original lithographs with color from Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán's Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Paris in 1865. The upper view is lettered "Santa Catalina. Iglesia Matriz de Cajamarca" and the lower "Aguas Termales de Cajamarca".

The upper image shows the church façade, with sculpted tiers, arched openings and a plain white wall and gateway in front, standing in a dusty square where a few figures in dark clothing walk. Tile-roofed houses stand to either side and mountains rise behind. The lower view is a quiet landscape: the thermal springs appear as pale pools and channels spread across a green valley floor, with a few figures on the ground and rounded hills closing the horizon.

The springs near Cajamarca were known long before the Spanish arrival and are associated with the Inca Atahualpa, who was captured in the city in 1532. 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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