COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05897
Record number:
05897-001
JCB call number:
D829 W258m
Image title:
Mexico. Form the Azotea of the House of H. M's Mission, San Cosme.
Creator 1:
Emily Elizabeth Ward
Creator 1 dates:
1798-1860
Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
Creator 2:
T. M. Baynes
Creator 2 role:
lithog.
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
Published by Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street
Image date:
1829
Image function:
fold-out frontispiece, vol. 1
Technique:
lithograph
Image dimension height:
17.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
39.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
23.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
45 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
View of San Cosme in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City with the mountains or volcanoes of Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl in the distance. Also includes the hospital of San Juan de Dios and the church of Santa Veracruz, as well as the cathedral of Mexico City. Includes a military barracks and monastery.
Source creator:
Ward, H. G. (Henry George), 1797-1860
Source Title:
Mexico
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
H. Colburn
Source date:
1829
notes:
Ward was the British charg� d'affaires in Mexico during the years 1825, 1826, and in part of 1827.
References exhibitions:
�John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright:
Spanish America
Commentary:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico
Mexico. Form the Azotea of the House of H. M's Mission, San Cosme.
