Gold Works of Itacolumi, Brazil - Gold Washing
This engraving depicts a group of enslaved men and woman mining in Brazil near Ouro Preto. According to the accompanying text, "to the left a party of slaves is catching the gold dust by immersing fleeces in the running water; on the right, two other slaves are beating out the dust from a fleece into a large wooden dish placed on the ground to receive it; behind them a European is weighing the gold dust in scales, and men and women are seen bringing down pieces of quartz containing gold to be broken up by others" (p. 208).
Image Title
Gold Works of Itacolumi, Brazil - Gold Washing
RegID
SI-OB-897
Date
1855
Title
Gold Works of Itacolumi, Brazil - Gold Washing
Source
Anonymous, "Scenes in Brazil," in Ballou's Pictorial, vol. IX (Sep. 29, 1855), p. 208.
Language
French
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Brazil--Minas Gerais
Reproduced In
Derived from Johann Moritz Rugendas and Marie Philippe Aimé de Golbéry, Voyage Pittoresque dans le Brésil (Paris: Engelmann & cie., 1835). A somewhat different version was captioned "Lavage de l'or, au Brésil," in Magasin Pittoresque (1841), p. 161.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
2007; 29-Aug-19
Identifier
Ballou9-208