Water color on paper titled Rita, a celebrated black beauty at Rio de Janeiro. Rita may have been a free woman of color. Augustus Earle, a widely travelled English painter, lived in Rio from early 1820 to early 1824, with occasional trips to Chile and Peru during that period.
Portrait of Rita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24
SI-OB-1133
1820-1824
Portrait of Rita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24
Painted by Augustus Earle (1793-1838). Courtesy of National Library of Australia, Canberra, which holds the original (nla.pic-an2822644).
English
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
South America--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
17-Mar-16
IMG04