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Lot 46
School of Lima, 1828 and later, and Various Artists
An album of Peruvian Types and Costumes
Closed29 October 2019
Price Realised
GBP 11,250
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Specialist note
In addition to the studies of costumes and types, the subjects include two studies of fruit ('chesimoya' and 'Patta'), 'Balsa', a 'View of Payta - Peru', 'Sketch of a house in Santiago de Chile', 'Eglesia Matriz at Pisco - Oct. 1832', two lithographs of a tapada and a bullfight, and three contemporary Peruvian printed broadsheets.
Ruschenberger was a physician in the US Marine Corps from 1826, his first cruise (1826-1829) on the frigate Brandywine visited ports including Callao, Valparaiso, and Rio de Janeiro. He was fleet surgeon on the USS Peacock on the South American station in 1832-1834, and fleet surgeon to the East India Squadron, on the Peacock again, on its circumnavigation in 1835-1837, and on USS Plymouth in 1847-1849. He was fleet surgeon to the Pacific Squadron on USS Independence in 1854-1857. He wrote several books, incuding Three Years in the Pacific (1834) and A Voyage Around the World (1838). The present album apparently compiled with material from his South American cruises in the 1820s and 1830s.
Ruschenberger was a physician in the US Marine Corps from 1826, his first cruise (1826-1829) on the frigate Brandywine visited ports including Callao, Valparaiso, and Rio de Janeiro. He was fleet surgeon on the USS Peacock on the South American station in 1832-1834, and fleet surgeon to the East India Squadron, on the Peacock again, on its circumnavigation in 1835-1837, and on USS Plymouth in 1847-1849. He was fleet surgeon to the Pacific Squadron on USS Independence in 1854-1857. He wrote several books, incuding Three Years in the Pacific (1834) and A Voyage Around the World (1838). The present album apparently compiled with material from his South American cruises in the 1820s and 1830s.