Research Catalog

Title

Retratos de Lima 1867-1925 : Archivo Eugene Courret de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú = Portraits of Lima 1867-1925 : Eugène Courret Archive of the National Library of Perú.

Publication

• Lima : Biblioteca Nacional del Perú, [2015]
• Lima : Impresa por Empresa Cecosami

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Courret, Eugenio, 1841-
• Biblioteca Nacional (Peru), issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

147 pages : illustrations; 36 cm

Summary

The National Library of Peru, in addition to its bibliographic documentary funds, houses a rich collection of photographs. It includes the photographic archives of the Studio "Fotografía Central" (later Courret Hermanos) established in Lima in the 19th century. In 1868, brothers Eugéne (b. France 1841 190?) and Aquiles Courret (b. France 1830) associated with Carlos Luis Roswell specializing in photographic portraits in the city of Valparaiso. During the development of the Pacific War, the Courret studio was one of the most prominent, portraying both the Peruvian and Chilean military officers as well as some photographs on the battlefields. In 1900, Eugenio Courret exhibited his works at the Universal exhibition in Paris, earning a gold medal. He died in France a few years later.

Uniform Title

• Retratos de Lima 1867-1925.
• Retratos de Lima 1867-1925. English.

Alternative Title

Portraits of Lima 1867-1925 : Eugène Courret Archive of the National Library of Perú

Subject

• Courret, Eugenio, 1841- > Catalogs
• Courret, Eugenio, 1841-
• Biblioteca Nacional (Peru) > Catalogs
• Biblioteca Nacional (Peru)
• Portrait photography > Lima > Catalogs
• Portrait photography
• Peru > Lima

Genre/Form

Catalogs.

Note

• Limited ed. of 355 copies.

Language (note)

• In Spanish and English.

Contents

Palabras preliminares = Opening words / Ramón Mujica Pinilla.

ISBN

• 9786124045318
• 6124045311

OCLC

• ocn951222808
• 951222808
• SCSB-5872712

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries