Capoeira Scene, Brazil, 1820-24

Water color on paper titled Negroes fighting, Brazils. Although the word fighting is in the artist's title, the men's body movements are those of Capoeira (see image reference NW0171 on this website). Several onlookers are shown, including a woman carrying an infant, and a white policeman/soldier approaching the scene; the seated man is playing a drum, the source of music for this performance. Augustus Earle, an English painter, lived in Rio from early 1820 to early 1824, with occasional trips to Chile and Peru during that period.

Image Title

Capoeira Scene, Brazil, 1820-24

RegID

SI-OB-1132

Date

1820-1824

Title

Capoeira Scene, Brazil, 1820-24

Source

Painted by Augustus Earle (1793-1838); original in National Library of Australia, Canberra (nla.pic-an2822650)

Language

English

Item sets

Music, Dance & Recreational Activities

Spatial Coverage

South America--Brazil

Researchers

Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Last Updated

10-May-12

Identifier

IMG03