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This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Spanish language Wikipedia (Recursos destacados) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia (نگارههای برگزیده) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.
Mathew Brady died in 1896 and Levin C. Handy died in 1932. Photographs in this collection are in the public domain in the United States as works published before 1929 or as unpublished works whose copyright term has expired (life of author + 70 years).
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Pedro II of Brazil.
Imperador Pedro II do Brasil (1876). Fotografia por Mathew Brady.
Retrato de Dom Pedro II do Brasil
Pedro II de Brasil.
Kaiser von Brasilien Peter II. (Foto: Mathew Brady 1876).
Empereur du Brésil Pierre II. (Image du Mathew Brady 1876).