Title: Parade at the Palace Square on the Occasion of the Wedding of Princess Isabel and the Count d'Eu

Description

• The Thereza Christina Maria Collection consists of 21,742 photographs assembled by Emperor Pedro II and left by him to the National Library of Brazil. The collection covers a vast range of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and the Brazilian people in the 19th century, as well as includes many photographs from Europe, Africa, and North America. This photograph shows the parade celebrating the marriage of Princess Isabel, the daughter of Emperor Pedro II and Empress Thereza Christina Maria, with the Count of Eu on October, 15, 1864.

Photographer

• Silva, Arsenio da

Language

• Portuguese

Title in Original Language

• Parada no Largo do Paço por ocasião do casamento da Princesa Isabel com o Conde d'Eu

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro

Time

• 1850 CE - 1899 CE

Topic

• Social sciences > Customs, etiquette & folklore > Customs of war & diplomacy
• History & geography > History of South America > Brazil

Additional Subjects

• Eu, Luis Filipe Maria Fernando Gastão de Orleans, Conde D', 1842-1922;
• Isabel, Princess of Brazil, 1846-1921;
• Memory of the World;
• Parades and processions;
• Plazas;
• Royal families;
• Weddings

Type of Item

• Prints, Photographs

Physical Description

• 1 photographic print : 17.4 x 22.4 centimeters (photo) 32 x 45 centimeters (sheet)

Collection

• Thereza Christina Maria Collection

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.184