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General view of Rio

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Date

May 1848

Artist

Robert Elwes (1819-1878)

Collection

Private Collection

Description

Wide view of Rio with the Basilica of the Shrine of our Lady of Penha with its twin spires towering above the city and the harbour.
This is a page from a unique leather-bound volume of Robert Elwes’ travelogue 'A Sketcher's Tour Round the World', first published 1854, (see page 25 for corresponding passage).
The book contains the printed text of the manuscript but remarkably, the monochrome wash illustrations are hand painted by Elwes. The book bears a handwritten inscription ‘Mary F Elwes from her affect. husband Robert Elwes Jan 25 1878’, dated after Robert Elwes became ill at Congham, his Norfolk home. On 28th January 1878 , their youngest daughter Violet noted in her diary: “Papa much worse”. Less than three months later, Robert Elwes died on 17th April aged 58.

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Courtesy of a private collector

Location

Basilica of the Shrine of our Lady of Penha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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