• Waterfall of Tijuca

Creator:

• Lieutenant Chamberlain (1796-1843), drawing; Henry Thomas Alken (1784-1851), engraver.

Description:

• Hand-colored aquatints From Views and Costumes of the City and Neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Drawings taken by Lieutenant Chamberlain, Royal Artillery, during the Years 1819 and 1820, with descriptive explanations. London: Thomas McLean, 1822.

Curatorial Notes:

• During 1819-1820, while visiting his father, the British envoy to Brazil, Lieutenant Henry Chamberlain drew the shorelines, landscapes, and city scenes of Rio de Janeiro and environs. The book’s publication in 1822 coincided with Brazilian independence from Portugal. The new sovereignty sparked fresh interest in the region from the British public. Chamberlain said, “This Fall and the surrounding picturesque Scenery are worthy the attention of all strangers … [and] will amply repay the fatigue of a day's excursion across the Mountain.”

Photography:

• David Kelly Crow

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/05741z07s

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical