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School of Lima, 1828 and later, and Various Artists
School of Lima, 1828 and later, and Various Artists
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School of Lima, 1828 and later, and Various Artists

An album of Peruvian Types and Costumes

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School of Lima, 1828 and later, and Various Artists
An album of Peruvian Types and Costumes
several copies of the subjects by the Lima artists signed 'William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger' (the compiler of the album) and two signed 'Charles H Duryee', the majority titled, or titled on the mounts, one dated '1828', one pencil sketch dated '1832', eight dated '1837', ownership inscription 'W.S.W. Ruschenberger. / Philadelphia. January 1. 1835' on the front pastedown, half brown morocco, over old marbled paper boards, titled in gilt on the upper cover and spine
pencil and watercolour on paper
the album 13 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (33.3 x 23.3cm.)
Provenance
Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 20 April 2012, lot 288.
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Lot Essay

In addition to the studies of costumes and types, the subjects include two studies of fruit ('chesimoya' and 'Patta'), 'Balsa', a 'View of Payta - Peru', 'Sketch of a house in Santiago de Chile', 'Eglesia Matriz at Pisco - Oct. 1832', two lithographs of a tapada and a bullfight, and three contemporary Peruvian printed broadsheets.
Ruschenberger was a physician in the US Marine Corps from 1826, his first cruise (1826-1829) on the frigate Brandywine visited ports including Callao, Valparaiso, and Rio de Janeiro. He was fleet surgeon on the USS Peacock on the South American station in 1832-1834, and fleet surgeon to the East India Squadron, on the Peacock again, on its circumnavigation in 1835-1837, and on USS Plymouth in 1847-1849. He was fleet surgeon to the Pacific Squadron on USS Independence in 1854-1857. He wrote several books, incuding Three Years in the Pacific (1834) and A Voyage Around the World (1838). The present album apparently compiled with material from his South American cruises in the 1820s and 1830s.

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