Portrait of Rita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24

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.

Image Title

Portrait of Rita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24

RegID

SI-OB-1133

Date

1820-1824

Title

Portrait of Rita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24

Source

Painted by Augustus Earle (1793-1838). Courtesy of National Library of Australia, Canberra, which holds the original (nla.pic-an2822644).

Language

English

Item sets

Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals

Spatial Coverage

South America--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro

Researchers

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

Last Updated

17-Mar-16

Identifier

IMG04