COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
2127
accession_no
2127
Accession number
false
Record number:
2127-1
record_number
2127-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
BA715 R585s
jcb_call_no
BA715 R585s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Eagle eating snake on cactus]
image_title
[Eagle eating snake on cactus]
Image title
false
Place image published:
Mexico
place_image_published
Mexico
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Francisco de Rivera Calderon]
image_publisher
[Francisco de Rivera Calderon]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1715]
image_date
[1715]
Image date
false
Image function:
dedication page; p. [3] 1st count
image_function
dedication page; p. [3] 1st count
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
9.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
9.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.8 cm. (without ornament)
image_dimensions_width
6.8 cm. (without ornament)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
14.2 cm.
page_dimensions_width
14.2 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
In an oval, an eagle eating a snake stands on a cactus which in turn grows around a castle.
description
In an oval, an eagle eating a snake stands on a cactus which in turn grows around a castle.
Description
false
Source creator:
Rio, Alfonso Mariano del
source_creator
Rio, Alfonso Mariano del
Source creator
false
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_title
Separacion y singularidad entre los veinte y sies prothomartires del Japon de San Felipe De Iesus, indiano, patricio, y Patron de Mexico. ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
En Mexico
source_place_of_publication
En Mexico
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
por Francisco de Rivera Calderon, en la calle de San Augustin.
source_publisher
por Francisco de Rivera Calderon, en la calle de San Augustin.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
Año de 1715
source_date
Año de 1715
Source date
false
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).
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).
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1906.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1906.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--Mexico
subject_heads
Emblems--Mexico
Subject headings
false