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Photo, Print, Drawing Imperial Palace and Surroundings. Palacio Imperial e adjacencia

About this Item

Title

  • Imperial Palace and Surroundings.

Other Title

  • Palacio Imperial e adjacencia

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 Summer Palace was a favorite residence of Pedro II, who initiated its construction in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Petrópolis in 1845. In 1943, the Summer Palace became the home of the Imperial Museum of Brazil. In 1959, the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Sites (IPHAN) made it a National Trust property. 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
  • -  Castles and palaces
  • -  Grão-Pará Palace
  • -  Imperial Museum (Brazil)
  • -  Memory of the World
  • -  Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1825-1891

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph : albumin paper, black and white ; 19.9 x 24.4 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

  • 2021669346

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Hees, Pedro, Photographer. Imperial Palace and Surroundings. Brazil Petrópolis Rio De Janeiro, 1860. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1870] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669346/.

APA citation style:

Hees, P. (1860) Imperial Palace and Surroundings. 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/2021669346/.

MLA citation style:

Hees, Pedro, Photographer. Imperial Palace and Surroundings. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1870] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669346/>.