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The royal body
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| Mil reis bank note, 1860s |
Images of the royal body widely circulated in the form of bank notes, as this one from the 1860s depicting Dom Pedro II, who appears opposite the national coat of arms, the iconic landscape of Guanabara Bay, and the symbols of progress and civilisation -a steam boat and a locomotive-, composing a complex representation of an arcadian space both steeped in dynastic tradition and submitted to the forces of Western civilisation and modernity.