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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
4. Court Official on his Way to the Palace, 1822. When they were first published, Debret's views of life in Rio were unpopular with the city's Portuguese inhabitants who denounced them as "inaccurate" and "outdated." Today, however, historians consider them a valuable source of information and largely accurate, if not always flattering, depictions oflife in Rio at that time.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1997
Keywords
Brazil: Modern Brazilian Painting
