Water color on paper titled Negro fandango scene, Campo St. Anna, Rio de Janeiro. Men, women, and children are shown dancing; the scene includes musical instruments (e.g., drums), people with pottery vessels, fruit. Augustus Earle, an English painter who travelled widely, lived in Rio from early 1820 to early 1824, with occasional trips to Chile and Peru during that period.
Afro-Brazilian Dance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24
SI-OB-1137
1820-1824
Afro-Brazilian Dance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1820-24
Painted by Augustus Earle (1793-1838); original in National Library of Australia, Canberra (nla.pic-an2822606)
English
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
South America--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
10-May-12
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