Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Interior of an Aztec temple]
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Accession number:
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01564
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Record number:
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01564-5
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JCB call number:
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D720 G133n
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Image title:
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[Interior of an Aztec temple]
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Creator 1:
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A. Aveline
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Paul Marret]
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Image date:
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[1720]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 166
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Native Americans worship before an idol in the interior of a temple. The idol, with wings and wearing a feather headdress, has a face on his stomach and goat legs with cloven hooves. It stands on an altar decorated with feathers. In one hand, he holds a flaming torch, in the other, a shield with feathers on it and a branch. Also includes men worshipping before the idol and above the idol, representations of Aztec gods.
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Source creator:
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Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656
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Source Title:
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[New survey of the West Indies. French] Nouvelle relation, contenant les Voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne ...
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Source place of publication:
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A Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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Chez Paul Marret, dans le Beurs-straat, proche le Dam à la Renommée
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Source date:
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M. DCCXX. [1720]
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notes:
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The idol is identified in the text as Tlumacaztli (perhaps Huitzilopochtli?). Thomas Gage, an English Dominican friar, returned to England after several decades in Spanish America, became a Protestant and a principal advisor to Oliver Cromwell. Aveline was one of a large family of 17th- and 18th-century printmakers.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1866.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
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Subject headings:
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Mexico--History--To 1519
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Subject headings:
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Aztecs--Religion
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