Entrada del Puerto de la Habana tomada desde el Colegio de Sn. Carlos.

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• ARTIST: Frederico Mialhe

• PUBLISHER: Published by Real Sociedad Patriotica, Havana.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand colored,

  DATE: c. 1855.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 3/8 x 10 1/4" (16.3 x 26 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: From "Isla de Cuba Pintoresca." Mialhe’s important Cuban views created “the image which the enlightened public of the nineteenth century had of Cuba,” writes Cueto. In addition to highly detailed city views, Isla de Cuba includes scenes depicting everyday Cuban life, such as tobacco cultivation, dancing, vending, even a cockfight. His work appeared in several editions, some of which were pirated.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition and color save for minor foxing.

• REFERENCE: Cueto, Mialhe's Colonial Cuba.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Central - South America, and the West Indies , Cuba