El Patroncito

Artist Benjamin Franklin Pease (American, 1822 - 1888)

Dateca. 1853-1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (13.97 × 11.43 cm)
Case (open): 16 5/8 × 6 5/8 × 1/2 inches (42.23 × 16.84 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches (20.64 × 16.83 × 3.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2007.17.27

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DescriptionImage of a young child with a riding crop standing in distinctive Hepplewhite chair identified with the Pease Studio in Lima, Peru. He is supported by two black women wearing dark shawls. Two fingers of another person standing behind the curtain can be seen steadying the child's head. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of an unadorned pebbled case with an olive green velvet liner.Published References

Published References

Keith McElroy, Early Peruvian Photography (Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1985), fig. 61.

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