Photo, Print, Drawing Sugar Loaf. O Pao de Acucar
About this Item
Title
- Sugar Loaf.
Other Title
- O Pao de Acucar
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. In 1862, the government of Spain under Queen Isabella II sent a team of naturalists to South America to collect objects for Spanish museums. The endeavor was known as the Scientific Commission of the Pacific. Rafael Castro y Ordonez, a draftsman on the commission, documented the trip in photographs, producing a pictorial record of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Americas in the mid-19th century. This image, taken from the hilltop district of Santa Tereza, shows the Rio de Janeiro districts of Gloria, Catete, and Flamengo. Sugar Loaf Mountain and the Urca neighborhood can be seen in the background.
Names
- Castro y Ordóñez, Rafael, 1834-1865 Photographer.
Created / Published
- Rio de Janeiro : [publisher not identified], 1862.
Headings
- - Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Rio de Janeiro
- - 1862
- - Bays
- - Churches
- - Markets
- - Memory of the World
- - Mountains
- - Sugar Loaf Mountain (Brazil)
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photo : albumen paper, black and white ; 16.3 x 26 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
- - 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
- 2021669495
Online Format
- compressed data
- image