Alured Gray Collection

Police Bacteriological Laboratory, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

General Julio Roca, 1914

Nambikwara Indians of the State of Matto Grosso, 1914. Pacified by Colonel Rondon, but not yet fully dressed. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Some of Rios Butterflies, 1914. Artist: Patten Wilson
Some of Rios Butterflies, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Madeira-Mamore Railway: On the Bolivia-Brazil frontier: Bolivian officers and soldiers, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Colonel James Andrews, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Dr Alvaro de Teffe von Hoonholtz, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

H. E. Admiral Alexandrino de Alencar, 1914
H.E. Admiral Alexandrino de Alencar, 1914

A Bamboo Grove - Botanical Gardens, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
A Bamboo Grove - Botanical Gardens, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Vilino Nair, Residence of Admiral Baron de Teffe von Hoonholtz, Petropolis, 1914. Antonio Luis von Hoonholtz, (May 9, 1837 - 1931 )nobleman, diplomat, geographer, politician and Brazilian writer

Sir William Haggard, 1914. His Britannic Majestys Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Marshal Hermes da Fonseca with his Secretaries of State and Advisers, 1914. Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (12 May 1855 - 9 September 1923) was a Brazilian soldier and politician

The Hotel dos Estrangeiros. Frequented by the Official World of Rio and distinguished Foreigners, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The peaceful bay of Rio, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A lucky number for my readers. How the Rio Daily State Lottery is drawn, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A portion of the Derby Club Racecourse Enclosure, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Bangu Football Grounds: Central Railway, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Residence of Senator Ruy Barboza, Rua Sao Clemente, 1914. Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira (5 November 1849 - 1 March 1923) was a Brazilian polymath, diplomat, writer, jurist, and politician

National Library: a corner of the gallery overlooking the public reading hall, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The National Library staircase, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Tymbiras Indians of the State of Maranhao. Lt. Pedro Dantas and his Interpreters, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A portion of the Avenue of Royal Palms, Botanical Gardens, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Residence of H. E. Dr. Pedro de Toledo
Residence of H.E. Dr. Pedro de Toledo, ex-Minister of Agriculture, Avenida Beira Mar, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, Praia Vermelha, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A Corner of the Rio Fire Brigades Head-quarters, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Band of the Rio Fire Brigade, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Humaita District Fire Station, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Fire Brigade Head-quartes, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

At the Military Police Head-quarters, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Military Police: A machine gun section, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Guanabara Palace. - Residence of President Marshal Hermes da Fonseca, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Dr. Belisario da Silva Tavora. Recently Chief of Police of Rio de Janeiro, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

An Automobile of the Military Police Force, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Interpreters of the Military Police Force, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Civil Police Headquarters, Rio, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Operating Room of the Medico-Legal Service, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Examination Laboratory of the Medico-Legal Service, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Rio Police: Entrance to the House of Correction, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Some smart Rio Policemen, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Carioca Square, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Praia da Lapa and Praca da Gloria, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Ministry of Traffic and Public Works (Vicao e Obras Publicas). 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Brazilian Lloyd s. s. Acre. 1914
The Brazilian Lloyd s.s. Acre. 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Brazilian Lloyd, SS Para. 1914
The Brazilian Lloyd s.s. Para. 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Workshops of the Lloyd Brasileiro Steamship Company, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A Military Encampment on a reach of the Upper Amazon, three thousand miles from the Sea, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Jute Mills of the Cia. Nacional de Tecidos de Juta, 1914. Fabrica Sant Anna, State of Sao Paulo. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Moorish Building and Messrs. Guinles Offices, Avenida Rio Branco, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Residence of Senator General Pinheiro Machado, 1914. Palacete do Morro da Graca is located on a hill in the Laranjeiras neighborhood of Rio

Cattete Palace - The Official Residence of the President of Brazil, 1914. urban mansion in Rio de Janeiros Catete neighborhood. Construction began in 1858 and ended in 1867

Garden of the Itamaraty Palace - Foreign Office, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
Garden of the Itamaraty Palace - Foreign Office, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

H. E. Dr. Lauro Severiano Muller. Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1914
H.E. Dr. Lauro Severiano Muller. Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1914. Lauro Severiano Muller (8 November 1863 - 30 July 1926) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat, and military engineer

The Itamaraty Palace - the Downing Street of Brazil, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
The Itamaraty Palace - the Downing Street of Brazil, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The British Bank of South America, Limited, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A Corner of the Rio Customs Wharf, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

South Suburban Rio de Janeiro - Ipanema, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
South Suburban Rio de Janeiro - Ipanema, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A Portion of the Ministry of Finance, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Caixa de Amortizacao (Avenida Rio Branco), 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Aerial Ropeway Car reaching the Summit of the Sugar Loaf, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Aerial Ropeway Car descending from the Sugar Loaf Mountain, 1914. Botafogo Bay on the right, and the Atlantic on the left.. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell

Offices of the Jornal do Commercio, Avenida Rio Branco, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Beautiful Beira Mar Drive - approaching the Magnificent Monroe Palace, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Carrying heavy goods under instead of above the axle, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Prefecture of the Federal District. North-Eastern Corner of the Praca da Republica, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

General Bento Ribeiro. Prefect of Rio de Janeiro (1910-1914), 1914

The Municipal Theatre, Avenida Rio Branco, 1914. Architect, Francisco de Oliveira Passos (1836-1913). From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Alto da Serra: Petropolis - Leopoldina Railway, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Administrative Offices of the Leopoldina Railway, facing Rio Bay, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

His Britannic Majestys Legation, Petropolis, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Map of the Leopoldina Railway System, 1914. The three States of Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell

Penetrating the Amazonian Forest - Madeira-Mamore Railway, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Partial View of the Falls of Iguassu, 1914. Junction of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Approached from the North by the Brazil Railway Companys System, 1914

Central Railway of Brazil: Tunnelling throught the Serra do MAr, 1914
Central Railway of Brazil: Tunnelling throught the Serra do Mar, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Vestibule Dining Car on the Rio-Sao Paulo Night Express of the Central Railway of Brazil, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A bit of Rios North-Western Suburbs, along the route of the Central Railway, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Rio de Janeiro Terminus of the Central Railway of Brazil, 1914. The Quadrilinear Royal Palm Avenue of the Mangue Canal in the background. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell

Terminus of the Central Railway of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
Terminus of the Central Railway of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Residence of Count Paulo de Frontin, Petropolis, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
Residence of Count Paulo de Frontin, Petropolis, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Brazilian Super-Dreadnought Minas Geraes nearing Rio, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
The Brazilian Super-Dreadnought Minas Geraes nearing Rio, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Benjamin Constant Training Cruiser and the dreadnought Minas Geraes in Rio Harbour, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Residence of Mr. Frank H. Walter, Petropolis, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Residence of Mr. Joseph Walker, Petropolis, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A view of the new quays at the time of construction, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

A View of Rio and the Bay, 1914. Showing Messrs. Walkers great Quay Wall in building and the area now retained. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Exploring the Intriguing World in 1914" Step into a time capsule and journey back to 1914, where we delve into the captivating life of Alured Gray. In this eventful year, various notable figures and fascinating locations intertwine with his story. Amidst the bustling city of Rio de Janeiro, the Police Bacteriological Laboratory buzzes with scientific discoveries that shape our understanding of health and safety. Meanwhile, General Julio Roca commands attention as a prominent military leader during these turbulent times. Venturing further afield, we encounter the Nambikwara Indians in Matto Grosso state. Although pacified by Colonel Rondon's efforts, their journey towards complete tranquility is not yet fulfilled. Alongside them stands Colonel James Andrews, whose presence adds an air of mystery to this tale. Intriguing characters continue to emerge as Dr Alvaro de Teffe von Hoonholtz takes center stage with his groundbreaking research. Accompanying him is H. E. Admiral Alexandrino de Alencar, whose naval expertise navigates uncharted territories both on land and at sea. Artistic beauty flourishes within Edgar L Pattison's brush strokes as he captures enchanting scenes like A Bamboo Grove at Botanical Gardens or Vilino Nair - Residence of Admiral Baron de Teffe von Hoonholtz in Petropolis. Amongst these vibrant personalities emerges Sir William Haggard – an enigmatic figure who leaves us questioning his true intentions amidst this rich tapestry of events. Marshal Hermes da Fonseca presides over Brazil alongside his Secretaries of State and Advisers while seeking stability amidst global uncertainties. And nestled within Rio's heart lies The Hotel dos Estrangeiros – a hub frequented by influential individuals from around the world. As our journey draws to a close, let us bask in the serenity offered by the peaceful bay of Rio.