Brasilien.Ansicht eines Theils von Rio Janeiro [...]
[Anon., c.1850]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½"), with very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a view of Rio de Janeiro surrounded by ten vignettes showing the nature of Brazil and the labour and punishment of slaves. The central image is copied from a lithograph by Victor Adam after J.M. Rugendas published in his 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil' (1827-35). There the lithograph was described as taken from the Mosteiro de São Bento (Monastery of St Benedict).
For Rugendas' view of Rio de Janeiro see ref. 45553.
[Ref: 45587] £230.00
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½"), with very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a view of Rio de Janeiro surrounded by ten vignettes showing the nature of Brazil and the labour and punishment of slaves. The central image is copied from a lithograph by Victor Adam after J.M. Rugendas published in his 'Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil' (1827-35). There the lithograph was described as taken from the Mosteiro de São Bento (Monastery of St Benedict).
For Rugendas' view of Rio de Janeiro see ref. 45553.
[Ref: 45587] £230.00