Image: Abdicacao Pedro I do Brasil

Description: Pedro I delivers his abdication letter while a courtier kisses the hand of the now Pedro II, his son and heir, representing the end of a reign and the beginning of another. There is artistic license in this non-contemporary painting. The Emperor was actually dressed in plain clothes, not in court dress.[1] His son was sleeping in his room, not awaken during the ordeal[2]
Title: Português: A abdicação do primeiro Imperador do Brasil, D. Pedro I.
Credit: Revista de História da Biblioteca Nacional (Rio de Janeiro: SABIN) 7 (74). ISSN 18084001
Author: Aurélio de Figueiredo
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