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.
Capoeira Scene, Brazil, 1820-24
SI-OB-1132
1820-1824
Capoeira Scene, Brazil, 1820-24
Painted by Augustus Earle (1793-1838); original in National Library of Australia, Canberra (nla.pic-an2822650)
English
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
South America--Brazil
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
10-May-12
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