Convicts Carrying Water at Rio de Janeiro
This image depicts three men in chains with water buckets on their heads smoking pipes, while a guard carries a sword. 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
Convicts Carrying Water at Rio de Janeiro
RegID
SI-OB-1083
Date
1820s
Title
Convicts Carrying Water at Rio de Janeiro
Source
Maria Graham, Journal of a voyage to Brazil and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 (London, 1824), p. 217. Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.
Language
English
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
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), p. 217.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
GRA2