Captain R.C. Mears, circa 1872

carte de visite

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bellisario, G.
Peru, Guañape Island; Great Britain, Wales, Cardiff
circa 1872
paper
overall: 4-1/8 x 2-1/2 in.

Carte de visite, albumen print on white card; Captain R. C. Mears, circa 1872 (see Manuscript Coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster; image of Capt. R. C. Mears (seated) and an unidentified man (standing), most likely taken while visiting Guanape Island (off the coast of Peru); handwritten on back "The Grande [illegible]/ and [illegible] [illegible] the/ Capt. R. C. Mears/ Guanape Island the 12 8th/ 1872/ [illegible]/ [illegible] [illegible]"; printed on back "FOTOGRAFIA ITALIANA/ G. BELLISARIO./ 226 BUTE ROAD,/ CARDIFF."

2005.34.41