COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05676
Record number:
05676-1
JCB call number:
D821 H496
Image title:
Don John VI. King of Portugal & Brazil, & His Attendants at Rio Janeiro.
Creator 1:
C. Shoosmith
Creator 1 role:
On Stone by
Creator 2:
James Henderson
Creator 2 dates:
1783?-1848
Creator 2 role:
from a Sketch by
Creator 3:
Rowney & Forster
Creator 3 role:
Printed by
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown]
Image date:
[1821]
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
lithograph
Image dimension height:
16.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
22.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
27.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
21.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
João VI, king of Portugal and prince of Brazil drives a carriage drawn by mules. He is surrounded by soldiers on horseback and citizens who have stopped to bow. Also includes dog and other carriages.
Source creator:
Henderson, James, 1783?-1848
Source Title:
A history of the Brazil; comprising its geography, commerce, colonization, aboriginal inhabitants, &c, &c, &c.
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row.
Source date:
1821
notes:
Henderson sailed for Brazil hoping to obtain a position in the British legation. Having failed to do so, he instead gathered material for a book. Nevertheless, his text is based on Manuel Aires de Casal's Corografia brazilica of 1817.Dom João VI (1769-1826) arrived in Brazil in 1808, escaping from Napoleon's invasion of Portugal. He never ruled over an independent Brazil, but is considered the founder of Brazilian nationality.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
John VI, King of Portugal, 1767-1826
Don John VI. King of Portugal & Brazil, & His Attendants at Rio Janeiro.
