Abstract
This article is the first to examine a little-known British artist, Richard Speare (1785–1815), who visited Brazil in 1808–9 and exhibited three watercolours of Brazilian subjects at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts in London. It presents new biographical information about Speare, including his involvement with the mission to relocate the Braganza royal family from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. The article also analyses two engravings reproducing Speare’s drawings of Rio de Janeiro, which were published in a British magazine during the artist’s lifetime.
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