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João António de Bianchi (b. Funchal, 16-05-1861; d. Camacha, 17-10-1928), one of the photographers featured in the permanent exhibition of the Madeira Photography Museum. Viscount Vale Paraíso by decree of March 20th, 1893, of D. Carlos I, king of Portugal, he was the son of the Viscounts of Bianchi, Augusto César Bianchi (1837-1894) and Maria Conceição Recano. The Bianchi family has a long presence in Madeira, dating back to the early 19th century, with João António Bianchi (cc Dominica Stracera) and his brother Frederico Bianchi, both from Lombardia, Milan, being the first to settle on the island.

The viscount of Vale Paraíso married Maria Conceição Lira, with whom he had ten children, one of whom, his namesake, was a well-known diplomat whom we featured in the April 24th, 2020 publication.

As his main occupation, he was Administrator of the Bianchi House, and in his leisure time he played tennis, and other sports with tradition in the family, including amateur photography, having skillfully recorded the experiences of his time. In our collection we have 175 of his photographs, taken between 1886 and 1928, which arrived in the Photographia Vicente and Perestrellos Photographos collections. The themes cover subjects as diverse as landscapes, festivities, recreational and sporting activities and other daily events, but focus particularly on the portraits and photo reports of visits by distinguished personalities such as the kings of Portugal D. Carlos and D. Amélia de Orléans, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Roberts and Prince Albert of Belgium.

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Credits: Madeira Photography Museum - Atelier Vicente's.

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JOÃO ANTÓNIO BIANCHI | Portrait of the Viscount of Vale Paraíso and Joana Abudarham

10.7 x 8.2 cm | Simple negative, glass | Silver salt gelatin

VVP / 66

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JOÃO ANTÓNIO BIANCHI | Group portrait (from left to right): viscountess of Vale Paraíso; Carlo de Bianchi, João Bianchi's paternal uncle, followed by two unidentified people and finally, João Bianchi.

8.2 x 16.4 cm | Stereoscopic negative, glass | Gelatin-silver print

VVP / 166

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