CARLOS RELVAS - 1838-1894
"Salva-Vidas Relvas"

"Salva-Vidas Relvas"
CARLOS RELVAS - 1838-1894
"Salva-Vidas Relvas"
five photos on paper mounted on cardboard
front marked "Carlos Relvas/Phot. Amateur - Gollegã, Portugal", back printed with the presences, mentions and medals received by Carlos Relvas at international exhibitions
Dim. - 22 x 13,5 cm
Notes: In October 1883 Carlos Relvas wrote a request to the Minister of the Navy in order to assess his "Salva-vidas", in this document the author states "Junto a este meu pedido, oito photographias do meu barco salva-vidas..." , the photos from this lot may have been part of that set. see "O Occidente Magazine, no. 183, 21 January 1884, page 19 and following. http://hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/OBRAS/Ocidente/1884/N183/N183_item1/P5.html