Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Palace & great square in Rio de Janeiro.
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Accession number:
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69-02
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Record number:
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69-02-1
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JCB call number:
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D823 .M462t
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Image title:
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Palace & great square in Rio de Janeiro.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown]
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Image date:
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[1823]
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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etching, aquatint, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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10.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13.4 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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View of the palace and great square of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Includes a row of chained slaves, oxen-drawn cart, black women washing at a public tub, churches dwellings, governmental buildings.
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Source creator:
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Mawe, John, 1764-1829
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Source Title:
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Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and sold by the author
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Source date:
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1823
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notes:
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Mawe is credited with being the first to describe the diamond and gold mines of Brazil. He was the first foreigner to be granted a license to visit the rich mining areas of Minas Gerais. Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1968.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel
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