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CHAMBERLAIN, Lieut. Henry.
Views and Costumes of the City and Neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....during the years 1819-20.
While a lieutenant of the Royal Artillery, he visited his father in Brazil in 1819–20. While there, he painted a series of landscapes and costumes of the city and neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His watercolours formed the basis of a famous album of 36 lithographs, (presented below) each accompanied by a detailed explanation of the particular subject, entitled Views and Costumes of the City and Neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. He tried to illustrate the entire range of Rio de Janeiro society, including slaves working on the streets. Art critics have noted a remarkable accuracy in his depictions of cityscapes, which have allowed a reconstruction of the layout of certain places, but the people that populate them appear rather flat. Chamberlain's art has been described as showing the humour typical of 18th-century English artists like William Hogarth.
- Published
- London: Howlett and Brimmer, for Thomas McLean, 1822.
- References
- Borba de Moraes p.178; Tooley 136; Abbey Travel II 707; Bobins 8.
- Plates
- 36
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 100001-1m
- Published
- London: Howlett and Brimmer, for Thomas McLean, 1822.
- Ref
- 5437
Folio, with address list and list of plates, 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including 5 folding panoramic views. Contemporary blue morocco, triple gilt fillet, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands, morocco label, all edges gilt, inner ruled dentelle, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of the Bradford/Weston Library to front pastedown. RARE. FIRST EDITION of "one of the most beautiful and rarest books published on Brazil in the 19th century" (Borba de Moraes). This work contains landscapes, architectural and sociological scenes, and harbour views. Initially issue in parts. Coloured plates in order: 1. Approach to Rio de Janeiro, from the Westward toward Sugar Loaf, about Four Leagues Distant / Entrance to the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro. Sugar Loaf is about Two miles Distant (large folding plate). 2. View of the City of Rio de Janeiro taken from the Anchorage (large folding plate). 3. Tejuca Mountains. 4. A Market Stall. 5. The Chege and Cadeira. 6. A Brazilian Family. 7. Pretos de Ganho. 8. S.W. View of Fort Santa Cruz. 9. The Ride or Net. 10. Boa Viagem. 11. The Slave Market. 12. The Waterfall of Tijuca. 13. The Lazaretto. 14. Lagoa de Freitas. 15. Braganca. 16. Na. Sa. da Gloria. 17. Point of the Calhabouco from the Gloria (large panoramic view). 18. View of the Western Side of the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro (large folding plate). 19. The Store Cart. 20. Convicts. 21. S.W. view of the City of Rio de Janeiro. 22. A Pleasure Cart. 23. Eastern Side of the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro (large folding plate). 24. Funeral of a Negro. 25. Troperos or Muleteers. 26. The Palace. 27. Espirito Santo. 28. View near Botafogo Bay. 29. Sick Slaves. 30. View from the Landing Place at the Gloria. 31. Huma Historia. 32. [Plate 1] Botafogo Bay. 33. [Plate 2] Botafogo Bay. 34. A Pedlar and his Slave. 35. Criminals Carrying Provisions to the Prison. 36. Largo da Gloria.
