MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
2127
Record number:
2127-1
JCB call number:
BA715 R585s
Image title:
[Eagle eating snake on cactus]
Place image published:
Mexico
Image publisher:
[Francisco de Rivera Calderon]
Image date:
[1715]
Image function:
dedication page; p. [3] 1st count
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
9.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
6.8 cm. (without ornament)
Page dimension height:
19.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
14.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
In an oval, an eagle eating a snake stands on a cactus which in turn grows around a castle.
Source creator:
Rio, Alfonso Mariano del
Source Title:
Separacion y singularidad entre los veinte y sies prothomartires del Japon de San Felipe De Iesus, indiano, patricio, y Patron de Mexico. ...
Source place of publication:
En Mexico
Source publisher:
por Francisco de Rivera Calderon, en la calle de San Augustin.
Source date:
Año de 1715
notes:
Image (without castle) is now used as central motif in the Mexican flag. It derives from the legend that the Aztecs, looking for a homeland, were guided by the god Huitzilopochtli (god of the sun and war) to a place where an eagle perching on a cactus ate a snake. On this spot they founded Mexico City (Tenochtitlan).
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1906.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Emblems--Mexico

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