Los 4017

Brazil & Portugal
Views of Botanical Gardens, Rio; National Livestock exposition in Portugal, 1888

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Photographers: Théophile Auguste Stahl (1828-1877) and Augusto Bobone (1852-1910). Views of Botanical Gardens, Rio; National Livestock exposition in Portugal, 1888. 1860s/80s. 3 albumen prints with rounded corners. Each circa 21,5 x 17 cm. Each mounted to board (slightly soiled, foxing), 2 with photographer's blind stamp on the mount in upper left corner.

Théophile Auguste Stahl is regarded as one of the most significant photographers in 19th-century Brazil. Born in Italy, he arrived in Brazil in 1853 and settled in Recife, where he established three studios. In 1858, he partnered with photographer and chemist Adolpho Schmidt and Hamburg painter Germano Wahnschaffe. The photographer’s blind stamp on the mounts indicates their joint venture, which operated until 1861. – A few light creases, one with light fold mark, some fading in edges, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Gilberto Ferrez/Weston J. Naef. Pioneer Photographers of Brazil 1840-1920, Center for Inter-American Relations 1976.