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Photo, Print, Drawing Statue of Dom Pedro I. Estatua de D. Pedro I

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Title

  • Statue of Dom Pedro I.

Other Title

  • Estatua de D. Pedro I

Summary

  • The Thereza Christina Maria collection is composed of 21,742 photos assembled by Emperor Pedro II (1825-91) throughout his life and donated by him to the National Library of Brazil. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and Brazilians in the 19th century and also includes many photographs of Europe, Africa, and North America. This statue, erected in 1862, was the first civic monument in Rio de Janeiro. The sculpture features Emperor Pedro I on horseback. Around the base are four figures in bronze, representing Brazil's four major rivers. The sculpture was designed by Joao Maximiniano Mafra, a painter and professor at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, and cast in France. The statue is located in Tiradentes Square, also known as Constitution Square. It was photographed by Rafael Castro y Ordonez as part of the Scientific Commission of the Pacific.

Names

  • Castro y Ordóñez, Rafael, 1834-1865 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • Rio de Janeiro : [publisher not identified], 1862.

Headings

  • -  Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Rio de Janeiro
  • -  1862
  • -  Equestrian statues
  • -  Memory of the World
  • -  Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, 1798-1834
  • -  Plazas
  • -  Tiradentes Square (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photo : albumen paper, black and white ; 25 x 18.2 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Thereza Christina Maria Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669497

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Castro Y Ordóñez, Rafael, Photographer. Statue of Dom Pedro I. Brazil Rio De Janeiro, 1862. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669497/.

APA citation style:

Castro Y Ordóñez, R. (1862) Statue of Dom Pedro I. Brazil Rio De Janeiro, 1862. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669497/.

MLA citation style:

Castro Y Ordóñez, Rafael, Photographer. Statue of Dom Pedro I. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669497/>.