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Photo, Print, Drawing Mother Church: Front View. Igreja Matriz: vista frontal

About this Item

Title

  • Mother Church: Front View.

Other Title

  • Igreja Matriz: vista frontal

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. The Igreja Matriz (Mother Church) of Petrópolis was located on Imperatriz Street, now known as Sete de Setembro Street. The church was demolished in 1924, but one of its interior panels is conserved in the Imperial Museum. This photograph is one of a series taken in the late 1860s by Pedro Hees, considered by many to be the father of Brazilian photography, showing the important sites of Petrópolis, a popular summer holiday spot for Brazil's wealthy, located in the hills outside Rio de Janeiro.

Names

  • Hees, Pedro, 1841-1880 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1860 to 1870]

Headings

  • -  Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Petrópolis
  • -  1860 to 1870
  • -  Churches
  • -  Memory of the World
  • -  Mother Church of Petropolis

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph : albumin paper, black and white : 20.3 x 25.1 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

  • Views of Petrópolis

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669347

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Hees, Pedro, Photographer. Mother Church: Front View. Brazil Petrópolis Rio De Janeiro, 1860. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1870] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669347/.

APA citation style:

Hees, P. (1860) Mother Church: Front View. Brazil Petrópolis Rio De Janeiro, 1860. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1870] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669347/.

MLA citation style:

Hees, Pedro, Photographer. Mother Church: Front View. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1870] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669347/>.