MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
70-102
Record number:
70-102-1
JCB call number:
B809 G918p
Image title:
[Classical structure]
Creator 1:
José Casildo España
Creator 1 role:
Grab[ad]a. en Guatem[al]a por
Place image published:
[Guatemala]
Image date:
[1809]
Image function:
fold-out plate 17; following p. 146
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
32.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
24.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
41.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
29.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
A crown is displayed on an classical structure with mythological scenes--Icarus falling, Perseus cutting off a gorgon's head, Hercules and the hydra. Also includes a man giving a book to classical figures and, on the pediment above, women with shields around a plinth with a portrait. The structure [a catafalque] is surmounted by statues which may represent Christian virtues. Includes an anchor, crucifix, mirror [?], and a royal figure being embraced by native Americans wearing feathered headdresses.
Source Title:
Guatemala por Fernando Septimo el dia 12 de diciembre de 1808
Source place of publication:
[Guatemala]
Source date:
[1809]
notes:
Ferdinand VII ascended to the Spanish throne in 1808 after his father's forced abdication. He reigned for a few months before he was made prisoner by Napoleon Bonaparte for five years. In 1813, he was restored to the throne and remained king until 1833.This plate is followed by plates which show details of the catafalque which was erected in Guatemala.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1970.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Subject headings:
Emblems--Guatemala
Subject headings:
Catafalques

[Classical structure]

     
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