Murder of Don Jose Balta, Lima, after 1872

cabinet photograph

Cabinet photograph, albumen print of drawing; Murder of Don Jose Balta, Lima, after 1872; collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to South America; drawing depicting the murder of Don Jose Balta, President of Peru while in prison; handwritten on front "?. L. Richardson y ?/ Fotografor/ Lima"; handwritten on back "Murder of Don Jose Balta/ President of Peru while in/ Prison at Lima by [illegible]/ July 1872."