'Vue de la rade et de la ville de Montevidéo sur la Rio de la Plata. 1825 à 1828'

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Edouard Weissandt (fl.1865)
'Vue de la rade et de la ville de Montevidéo sur la Rio de la Plata. 1825 à 1828'
signed and dated 'Ed. Weissandt 1865' (lower right), titled on the mount
watercolour heightened with white on paper
12 3/8 x 23½in. (31.4 x 59.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

Weissandt depicts United Provinces, Brazilian and United States shipping off Montevideo in this retardataire view: painted in 1865, the title on the mount dates the view depicted to 1825-28, the historic period when Uruguay forged its independence from Brazil.

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