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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
33093
Record number:
33093-1
JCB call number:
BA811 D542s
Image title:
[Apparitions of victory in the sky]
Place image published:
[Mexico]
Image publisher:
[Arizpe]
Image date:
1811
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
12 cm.
Image dimension width:
18 cm.
Page dimension height:
19.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
12.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Three cloud formations in the shape of palms in the sky in Zitácuaro and in Cuautla.
Source creator:
Díaz Calvillo, Juan Bautista, 18th/19th cent
Source Title:
Sermon que en el aniversario solemne de Gracias a María Santísima de los remedios ...
Source place of publication:
Mexico
Source publisher:
En la Imprenta de Arizpe
Source date:
1811
notes:
Medina places this image before p. 249, an addendum (presumably written after the 1811 publication date of this book) which describes how an apparition of palms of victory appeared in the sky before Spanish victories during the wars of Mexican independence. Rebels in Zitácuaro had attempted to establish an independent government and were attacked by royalist forces under General Felix Maria Calleja. After winning the battle in Zitácuaro at the beginning of January 1812, Calleja marched on to Cuautla. The battle of Cuautla ended in May 1812 with Calleja claiming victory, but with his forces badly weakened.This image was engraved from a sketch done by Diego Miguel Bringas, emmissary from the Colegio Apotolico de la Santa Cruz de Queretaro. One shape appeared two days before the battle in Zitácuaro, the other one day before the same battle. The third shape appeared in Cuautla. Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
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:
Apparitions--Mexico
Subject headings:
Meteorological optics--Mexico

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