Mexico y sus Alrededores. Colección de monumentos, trajes y paisajes
Los álbumes de estampas que ilustraban los trajes y las costumbres de los mexicanos gozaron de una enorme popularidad durante el siglo xix. El título visible en la parte inferior de la imagen, escrito en inglés, español y francés, indica que la serie —que recorría los monumentos, los trajes y los paisajes de México— estaba destinada a un público internacional. Los vendedores aparecen comerciando con sus mercancías en el mercadillo dominical cercano al Palacio Nacional, en el corazón de Ciudad de México. Aunque la ubicación es reconocible, se trata de una escena idealizada cuyo propósito es mostrar la originalidad de los trajes mexicanos.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mexico y sus Alrededores. Colección de monumentos, trajes y paisajes
- Artist: Casimiro Castro (Mexican, 1826–1889)
- Artist: Juan Campillo (Mexican, active 19th century)
- Artist: G. Rodríguez (Mexican, active 19th century)
- Publisher: (Decaen, Mexico City)
- Date: 1855–56
- Medium: Lithographs and letterpress
- Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 13 1/16 x 1/2 in. (47 x 33.2 x 1.2 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
- Object Number: 46.46.547
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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