Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863, British
Title:
Cerco de Paro, Lima
Date:
ca. 1855
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (27.6 × 48.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, within image, lower left: "Lg. north(?) | Sept 3 55(?) | Lima [...]"; in brown ink, within image, lower center: "View of Circa de Para, Peru, [...] | from the [...]: La Lakeanger"; in graphite, within image, lower right: "Yauricocha | [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.182
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
paths | livestock | peasants | labor | mountains | animal art | cityscape | men | farmers | whip | cross (object) | walking | rural | hills | mine | farming | llamas | landscape | horses (animals) | genre subject | houses | buildings | husbandry | llamas | fields | corral | training | river | working
Associated Places:
Lima, Departamento de | Yauricocha | South America | Lima | Perú
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12125