Slave Market at Rio Janeiro
This street scene shows enslaved children and adults with European buyers and sellers. The engraving derives from a painting made by Augustus Earle (1793–1838) was a British painter who traveled widely and lived in Rio de Janeiro between 1820 and 1824. His art provide an accurate record of European colonization during the nineteenth century. Maria Graham (née Dundas; 1785–1842), also known as Maria Lady Callcott, was a British writer of travel and children's books, as well as an illustrator. She went to Brazil on her return to England from Chile in 1823, which is the year Brazil declared their independence from Portugal. She stayed at the royal palace.
Image Title
Slave Market at Rio Janeiro
RegID
SI-OB-1082
Date
1820-1830
Title
Slave Market at Rio Janeiro
Source
Maria Graham, Journal of a voyage to Brazil and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 (London, 1824), facing title page. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-97201.
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Spatial Coverage
South America--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Reproduced In
Maria Graham [Lady Maria Callcott], Journal of a voyage to Brazil and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 (London, 1824), facing title page.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
10-May-12
Identifier
GRA1