José Christiano de Freitas Henriques Junior... - Lot 36 - Daguerre

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José Christiano de Freitas Henriques Junior... - Lot 36 - Daguerre
José Christiano de Freitas Henriques Junior (1832-1902) Leuzinger House, Studio Stahl and Weinschaffe, H. J. Aranha ALBUM OF A TRIP WITH COMMANDER ERNEST MOUCHEZ TO THE COASTS OF BRESIL IN 1857-1860. Album in-4, double sheets with windows in visiting card or cabinet format, 91 albumen prints of which the first 56 concern Brazil, the next 45 the trip or the family in France, with many views of the port of Brest and sailing ships, some missing, some soiling, but remarkable set. The album opens with a portrait of the emperor Don Pedro II, his wife, daughter and son-in-law, a group of Brazilian scientists and wealthy landowners, the commander Mouchez and his family, views of Bahia, many portraits of Afro-Brazilians, we also notice a curious self-portrait in photomontage: the head on a bottle of blue ink, a compass and a view of the bay of Rio, an ascent of the Peterbott in Ile-de-France, the ship Lamotte Piquet, a volcano in the Azores
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