Rancho not far from Serra do Caraça

The image offers a series of details that reveal aspects of the sociability of the inhabitants in the interior of Minas Gerais, including children. In the foreground, a circle of boys playing in the dirt, right behind another boy who looks with some bravery at the circle. In the third plane, clinging to the pole, one can see another boy, as if he wanted to hide in order to observe the circle of men (enslaved?) around the fire. Underneath the arbor, you can see cotton bales and spools; in the next shot, a blacksmith can be seen doing his work and a man touching animals. In opposition to these activities, linked to the world of work, on the right side of the illustration, a man is seated, begging another man for alms, accompanied by a woman, most likely a seller (a slave for gain?) of some kind of food. . It is worth noting that the barefoot human figures indicate that these are probably enslaved people. As opposed to the reduced clothing or even the nakedness of the figures, the well-dressed traveler enters the left side of the painting, on horseback, protected by the sun, perhaps flanked by a guide or drover.