Unknown (French Navy Officer?)
Collection of Early Salt Prints of South America, c, 1860
Salted paper stereoview prints (18)
Each approximately 3 1/2 x 7 inches (sizes vary slightly)
With manuscript titles to mount rectos.
With manuscript titles to mount rectos.
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This rare collection of salt print stereoviews chronicles an unidentified photographer’s travels throughout South America in the early 1860s, and contains what are likely the earliest extant photographs of Acapulco....
This rare collection of salt print stereoviews chronicles an unidentified photographer’s travels throughout South America in the early 1860s, and contains what are likely the earliest extant photographs of Acapulco.
Taken around 1861, there are views of Chile, Peru, and Mexico, each captioned in French. We have been able to find a large-format example of one of images of Acapulco (showing the three French ships), but otherwise we have been unable to locate any other examples of these images.
in 2013 Grégory Leroy, an expert on early Latin American photography, wrote a short article discussing the Acapulco images and how he reach the conclusion that they the earliest identifiable of the place, writing:
“The first known daguerreotypes of Acapulco were made by Robert H. Vance circa 1850. Two of these daguerreotypes…were exhibited in “Views in California,” a show presented at No. 349 Broadway, (opposite the Carleton House,) in New York, in October of 1851. However, neither are known to have survived this legendary exhibition. Additionally, we were not able to find any material of Acapulco in the (19th) century in the catalog of the Fototeca Nacional (INAH) nor in the photography collection of the Fundación Televisa, which leads us to believe these might be some of the earliest surviving images of Acapulco.”
Overall, a rare and important collection of 19th-century Latin American views.
Captions include:
Faubourg - Santiago; Lima (2); Vue General Lima, St. Marcel; Callao - Vue du Fort; Village La Grande Chincha (2); Quartel d’Artilleria - Santiago; Acapulco; Callao; Cero St. Lucia - Santiago; Cholas - Lima; Calle Querida - Lima; Quebrada bella vista Valparaiso; Vue Generale Tour du St. Domingo, ; Couvert, San Agustin, Santiago; [?], Lima;
Taken around 1861, there are views of Chile, Peru, and Mexico, each captioned in French. We have been able to find a large-format example of one of images of Acapulco (showing the three French ships), but otherwise we have been unable to locate any other examples of these images.
in 2013 Grégory Leroy, an expert on early Latin American photography, wrote a short article discussing the Acapulco images and how he reach the conclusion that they the earliest identifiable of the place, writing:
“The first known daguerreotypes of Acapulco were made by Robert H. Vance circa 1850. Two of these daguerreotypes…were exhibited in “Views in California,” a show presented at No. 349 Broadway, (opposite the Carleton House,) in New York, in October of 1851. However, neither are known to have survived this legendary exhibition. Additionally, we were not able to find any material of Acapulco in the (19th) century in the catalog of the Fototeca Nacional (INAH) nor in the photography collection of the Fundación Televisa, which leads us to believe these might be some of the earliest surviving images of Acapulco.”
Overall, a rare and important collection of 19th-century Latin American views.
Captions include:
Faubourg - Santiago; Lima (2); Vue General Lima, St. Marcel; Callao - Vue du Fort; Village La Grande Chincha (2); Quartel d’Artilleria - Santiago; Acapulco; Callao; Cero St. Lucia - Santiago; Cholas - Lima; Calle Querida - Lima; Quebrada bella vista Valparaiso; Vue Generale Tour du St. Domingo, ; Couvert, San Agustin, Santiago; [?], Lima;