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Collecting "Living Archives" of the Jose Pessoa collection | ViViFICAR Project

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Jose Pessoa collection

Lady in dress (Col. Jose Pessoa) (1875) by I. S. PereiraMuseu do Douro

Living Archives | ViViFICAR Project

This collecting project of visual archives was based on the photographs from the Jose Pessoa collection.
This researcher is studying the advent of commercial photography in Lamego, having already identified the six main commercial photography houses of the 19th century.

The ability to portray people by photographic processes (from 1841 onwards) had a worldwide impact, being commercialised on all continents and in all population centres. The importance of these processes, capable of surviving to the present day, is today fundamental not only to the historical study of social and economic evolution, but also to the mentalities, clothing and anthropology, both biological and cultural.

Group of family members (Col. Jose Pessoa), Florido, 1875, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Have been identified, so far, the houses of the photographers Duarte Santos, I. S. Pereira, M. Olivenza and three members of the Florido Family.

The theme of the images is centred on individual and group portraits, also fixing key moments in the lives of those portrayed. Through the images is possible to obtain some important information for the investigation of these photographic houses.

MALE PORTRAITS

Male bust (Col. Jose Pessoa), Attributed to Antonio Gomes Florido, 1864, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

Part of the body of a seated man (Col. Jose Pessoa), Antonio Jose da Costa Florido, 1865, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

Male bust (Col. Jose Pessoa), M. Olivenza, 1890, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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FEMALE PORTRAITS

Part of the body of a seated girl (Col. Jose Pessoa), Attributed to Antonio Gomes Florido, 1864-07-30, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

Lady seated with shawl. Half body (Col. Jose Pessoa), Attributed to Antonio Gomes Florido, 1860, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Lady in dress. Portrait (Col. Jose Pessoa), Attributed to Antonio Gomes Florido, 1860, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

Girl in a dress (Col. Jose Pessoa), Serafim Duarte dos Santos, 1860, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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EVENT RECORD

Girls prepared for First Communion (Col. Jose Pessoa), Florido, 1900, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Three men in academic garments (Col. Jose Pessoa), R. C. Florido, 1880, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Student from Coimbra. Portrait (Col. Jose Pessoa), Antonio Jose da Costa Florido, 1869, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Girl with First Communion dress (Col. Jose Pessoa), R. C. Florido, 1880, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Lady with baby on her lap, half body (Col. Jose Pessoa), R. Florido, 1910, From the collection of: Museu do Douro

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Credits: Story

Photography: Jose Pessoa Collection
Texts: Jose Pessoa, Natalia Fauvrelle (Museu do Douro)
Inventory: Enara Teixeira, Maria Joao Centenario (Museu do Douro)
Layout: Natalia Fauvrelle (Museu do Douro)
Translation: Maria Joao Centenario (Museu do Douro)

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