Slave market at Rio Janeiro [sic] / drawn by Augs. Earle ; engraved by Edwd. Finden. – Antique Wall Art
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Slave market at Rio Janeiro [sic] / drawn by Augs. Earle ; engraved by Edwd. Finden. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Slave market at Rio Janeiro [sic] / drawn by Augs. Earle ; engraved by Edwd. Finden.
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Earle's drawing of the slave market at Rio de Janeiro was engraved by Edward Finden and published as plate 23 in Maria Graham's *Journal of a Voyage to Brazil*, issued in London in 1824. Graham had lived in Rio during 1821 to 1823, and the print reflects the city's role as one of the largest ports of entry for enslaved Africans in the Americas. Her narrative treats the trade as a serious moral problem rather than an ordinary part of city life. The image is worth studying for its record of a public traffic in people that many European visitors of the period described only in passing, if at all.
| Created / published | [1824?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1820-1830.Engravings 1820-1830. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Journal of a voyage to Brazil, and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 / Maria Graham. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green and J. Murray, 1824, pl. 23. |
| Subjects | Slave trade--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--1820-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,209 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168176 |
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