Mexican Family 1: Juana Moncada
SOLD May 2002 |
Sixth plate daguerreotype ca. 1850 of woman identified as "Juana Mancada", from a group of cased images deriving from a Mexico City family. Tinted in several colors and housed in a full case. Period identification pinned to case pad, "Juana Moncada, hija de Dn Juan N. Moncada de Berrio y de Dna [Th?]eodora Hurtado. Esposa de Dn Bamon Pastor, y madre de Francisca P de Dominquez, Angela P de Amador, Juanquin Pastor y de [Th?]eodora P de Blanco."
Uncommon Mexican cased image showing an obviously well-off woman, in elegant dark clothing and with a mantilla draped over her bare shoulders. A watch or locket hangs from her neck. She has been posed in front of a whitewashed wall and a table with a very distinctive and bizarre vase on it, including in its undulations some sort of winged animal as well as a painted scene of palm trees and pyramid. Flowers in the vase have been tinted red, silver, and blue. There is an unimportant hairline scratch running down the plate, from above her shoulder on right to near the bottom of plate.
The note attached to image identifies the sitter along with her father, husband, and several children. This group of images derives from a family prominent in Mexico City during the 19th century.
