Custom House Negroes, Rio de Janeiro. (BM 1874,0509.67)
Summary
Street scene in front of the Custom House in Rio de Janeiro, with five black workers pulling a cart loaded with bales and one pushing from behind from left to right; illustration from James Henderson's 'The History of the Brazil' (London: 1821, after p.10); inlaid impression; after James Henderson.
Lithograph
Tags
Date
1821
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain