The Pedro Paterno collection includes letters from various aristocratic destinations such as Biarritz. This 19th-century resort town would also attract other Filipino ilustrados. One prominent visitor was Jose Rizal, at the invitation of the wealthy Bousteds, whose daughter Nelly Rizal had reportedly pursued. Disappointed by the family’s rejection (on religious grounds), Rizal nevertheless finished writing his second novel, El Filibusterismo, in their country home.
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Views of Biarritz
with a Letter from Pedro Paterno
from this aristocratic retreat
c. 1880s
a) 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" (17 cm x 21 cm) b) 6 1/4" x 8 3/8" (16 cm x 21 cm) c) letter: 5 1/4" x 4 1/2" (13 cm x 11 cm) (folded); 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" (13 cm x 21 cm) (spread) d) 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" (8 cm x 12 cm)
SOLD: PHP 16,352
Provenance: Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra de Paterno, d. 1897)