Original Antique Handcolored Print Depicting a Woman from Puebla, Mexico, 1850

Name: Original Antique Handcolored Print Depicting a Woman from Puebla, Mexico, 1850
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGR-064
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 27.7 × 21 cm (10.9 × 8.3 in)
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Mexico
Reference: BGR-064

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

Femme de Puebla (Mexique), an original hand-colored print from the costume series Costumes Modernes, published in Paris by the Ancienne Maison Aubert. The sheet is lettered "Amérique N°10" at the top and "Femme de Puebla (Mexique)" below the image, and was issued c.1850.

A young woman stands against a stone wall, looking out of the print, one hand resting on the wall and holding a small red fruit or ball. She wears a dark-fringed shawl over her head and shoulders, a white blouse with a red and white embroidered neckline, a red sash and a pale blue skirt with a wide embroidered border of gold and red scrolls above a lace hem. She wears blue slippers. The dress is a fine example of the regional costume of the city of Puebla, and the coloring is applied with a delicate hand.

The series presented the dress of the peoples of the world to a French audience, and this plate belongs to the American section.

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