COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
8079
Record number:
8079-1
JCB call number:
BA822 N939d
Image title:
La portent[os]a Ymag[e]n del Sr. del Ensino, que se venera en su Santua[ario] á estramur[os] de la Villa de Aguas Calient[es]
Place image published:
[Aguascalientes, Mexico]
Image publisher:
[Alexo Infante]
Image date:
1822
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
12.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
7.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
15 cm.
Page dimension width:
10.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Image of a dark Christ Crucified [Cristo renovado] on an altar with stylized flowers. Includes the legend, "INRI" above the cross and flowing blood.
Source Title:
Novena del Señor del Ensino, que se venera en la Villa de Aguas Calientes
Source place of publication:
[Aguascalientes, Mexico]
Source publisher:
Impresa en el Armadillo por Alexo Infante
Source date:
1822
notes:
Between 1773 and 1796, a church was built in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and dedicated to El Señor del Encino, a Black Christ which appeared in the area when lightning struck a tree.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1911.
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:
Jesus Christ--Apparitions and miracles--Mexico