Picturesque and Historical Voyage to Brazil
work by Debret
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- In Jean-Baptiste Debret
…et historique au Brésil (Picturesque and Historical Voyage to Brazil; 1834–39). Within them, he recorded his sometimes sardonic observations of both urban and rural Brazilian life. He depicted Brazil’s highest and lowest classes as well as its native peoples. Although Debret avoided stereotypes, his illustrations suggest that native Brazilians…
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