| Resumo: | This article analyzes the discourse contained in the lithographs that illustrated the historical novels that appeared in the early years of the Restored Republic (1868-1870). These visual exercises aimed to consolidate national identity and keep the flame of liberal patriotism alive. It aims to show how these images were not a mere illustrative element, but that they had their own message, being pedagogical references for the political and literary elites when educating the population, useful for denouncing the vices and abuses of the colonial era, praising the heroes of the independence movement and encouraging the collective memory of recently-experienced events such as the French Intervention and the Second Empire.
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