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Photo, Print, Drawing Gavia, in Tijuca. Gavia, da Tijuca

About this Item

Title

  • Gavia, in Tijuca.

Other Title

  • Gavia, da Tijuca

Summary

  • The Thereza Christina Maria collection is composed of 21,742 photos assembled by Emperor Pedro II (1825-91) throughout his life and donated by him to the National Library of Brazil. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and Brazilians in the 19th century and also includes many photographs of Europe, Africa, and North America. This photograph of the Pedra da Gávea was taken by Brazilian landscape photographer George Leuzinger (1813-92). Because of its location and composition, the rock has eroded over time, so that today it has a distinctly different appearance than it did when this photograph was taken. The Pedra da Gávea is located in the Tijuca Forest, a hand-planted rainforest in the center of Rio de Janeiro that is the world's largest urban forest.

Names

  • Leuzinger, George, 1813-1892 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • Rio de Janeiro : [publisher not identified], [1865 to 1866]

Headings

  • -  Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Rio de Janeiro
  • -  1865 to 1866
  • -  Forests
  • -  Gávea (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • -  Memory of the World
  • -  Tijuca Forest

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photo : albumen paper, black and white ; 19.8 x 25.8 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Portuguese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Thereza Christina Maria Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669557

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Leuzinger, George, Photographer. Gavia, in Tijuca. Brazil Rio De Janeiro, 1865. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified, to 1866] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669557/.

APA citation style:

Leuzinger, G. (1865) Gavia, in Tijuca. Brazil Rio De Janeiro, 1865. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified, to 1866] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669557/.

MLA citation style:

Leuzinger, George, Photographer. Gavia, in Tijuca. [Rio de Janeiro: publisher not identified, to 1866] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669557/>.