As litografias da coleção “Quadros historicos da guerra do Paraguay” na década de 1870: projeto editorial e imagens

Abstract

The Paraguayan War Historical Figures collection, series of lithographs and texts, initially diffused by fascicles in the 1870s, consists of one of several representations and narratives elaborated during the Triple Alliance War. On the first part of this dissertation, technical aspects such as production, circulation and editing are analyzed; the involvement of editors, writers, designers and lithographers, and the general content of the texts present on each bundle, which reports from different perspectives and sources the events of war. On the second part, it will be explored Victor Meirelles, Pedro Américo and Eduardo De Martino, artists whose works or sketches gave rise to the translation engravings belonging to the collection. The images mentioned are studied iconographically and compared with similar works, in addition to examining, from their narratives, the contexts, characters and vessels involved in the war. The research takes as primary sources the collection itself and the press records made in the period, digitally available on the digital archives of National Library.