Paul Frecker
Fine Photographs

 

Peruvian angelito I
R. Rodriguez, Lima, Peru
silver print

An early twentieth-century silver print showing a Peruvian 'angelilto' dressed with a floral crown, wearing a textured bed-jacket and bootees, with ribbons tied in bows around its ankles.

Photographed by R. Rodriguez of Lima, identified by photographer's details printed (crudely) on the mount in the margin.

The print measures 3.9" by 5.6" (10 cm by 14.3 cm); the mount measures 6.5" by 8.8" (16.5 cm by 22.4 cm).



code: pm0147
post mortem, post mortem portrait, post mortem portraits, angelito, angelitos, Peruvian, Peru