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Photo, Print, Drawing Public Promenade: View 1. Passeio Público: vista 1

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Title

  • Public Promenade: View 1.

Other Title

  • Passeio Público: vista 1

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. The Passeio Publico, which was built in 1779 and opened to the public in 1793, is the oldest park in Brazil and one of the oldest in the Americas. The park was originally designed in the French formal style by Valentim da Fonseca e Silva. It featured two granite pyramids and several pavilions, which were decorated with oval paintings by Leandro Joaquim. These paintings were the first landscape paintings of Brazil. The park was redesigned in the more natural, "English" style starting in 1864, but the Rococo-style iron gates remain. The park 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
  • -  Memory of the World
  • -  Parks
  • -  Plazas
  • -  Walkways

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photo : albumen paper, black and white ; 19.8 x 25.8 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

  • 2021669498

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Castro Y Ordóñez, Rafael, Photographer. Public Promenade: View 1. Rio De Janeiro Brazil, 1862. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669498/.

APA citation style:

Castro Y Ordóñez, R. (1862) Public Promenade: View 1. Rio De Janeiro Brazil, 1862. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669498/.

MLA citation style:

Castro Y Ordóñez, Rafael, Photographer. Public Promenade: View 1. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669498/>.