“Venezuelan couple making wayunkerra (clay doll) and grinding corn.”

Which duo of species should I include in my next work?

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“La moda entre las mujeres de clase alta en la ciudad de La Plata en época del obispo José Antonio de San Alberto, Real Audiencia de Charcas ”.

Maria Quitéria de Jesus (1792-1853) was a Brazilian woman who pretended to be a man to enlist in the army in 1822 under the alias of “Soldier Medeiros”. Her skillful handling of firearms led to her promotion to Lieutenant and her being called “Heroína do Batalhão dos Periquitos”.

María Quitéria de Jesus, a “Heroína do Batalhão de Periquitos” (c. 1822-1823).

Which country should my next illustration focus on? 🌎

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“A young Mucuchíe woman with an turpial, Accompanied by her gardener and her Guajira chaperone in Maracaibo, Venezuela”.

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Liteira do Brasil Império antes da Revolução dos Ganhadores de 1857 em Salvador, Bahia.

Based on the illustrations of the Jesuit missionary Ignacio Tirsch (Chomutov, Bohemia, July 2, 1733 – ibid., May 18, 1781).

Marriage from Alta California. XVIII Century

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“El Pregonero”

The “rabonas” were the women who accompanied soldiers on military campaigns. They were responsible for caring for them and obtaining supplies. Participated in the Peruvian War of Independence and later in the Peruvian Civil War of 1835-1836 and the War of the Pacific 1879–1883.

Soldado y Rabona. circa 1815

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“Biedermeier night”

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