Lot Essay
Probably either by, or by a pupil of, one of the two main miniaturist artists active in Manila in the 1840s, Damian Domingo and Tristiniano Asumpcion.
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Tipos del Pais: A Mestiza going to Mass; A Filipino holding a fighting cockerel; A Filipino wearing an 'esclavinas' and 'salakot'; and, A Mestizo holding a cigar and umbrella, wearing a 'pañuelo' and 'salakot'
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Filipino School, circa 1845
Tipos del Pais: A Mestiza going to Mass; A Filipino holding a fighting cockerel; A Filipino wearing an 'esclavinas' and 'salakot'; and, A Mestizo holding a cigar and umbrella, wearing a 'pañuelo' and 'salakot'
watercolour heightened with white on paper, the second figure cut out and laid down on the sheet
10 3/8 x 7 7/8in. (26.4 x 20cm.) (4)
Tipos del Pais: A Mestiza going to Mass; A Filipino holding a fighting cockerel; A Filipino wearing an 'esclavinas' and 'salakot'; and, A Mestizo holding a cigar and umbrella, wearing a 'pañuelo' and 'salakot'
watercolour heightened with white on paper, the second figure cut out and laid down on the sheet
10 3/8 x 7 7/8in. (26.4 x 20cm.) (4)
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