COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
Accession number:
02487 accession_no 02487 Accession number false
Record number:
02487-1 record_number 02487-1 Record number false
JCB call number:
B798 E74m jcb_call_no B798 E74m JCB call number false
Image title:
[Allegory of Spanish conquest of Mexico] image_title [Allegory of Spanish conquest of Mexico] Image title false
Creator 1:
L. Paret creator1 L. Paret Creator 1 false
Creator 1 role:
del. creator1_role del. Creator 1 role false
Creator 2:
Blas Ametller creator2 Blas Ametller Creator 2 false
Creator 2 dates:
1768-1841 creator2_dates 1768-1841 Creator 2 dates false
Creator 2 role:
incid. creator2_role incid. Creator 2 role false
Place image published:
[Madrid] place_image_published [Madrid] Place image published false
Image publisher:
[Pedro Julian Pereyra] image_publisher [Pedro Julian Pereyra] Image publisher false
Image date:
1798 image_date 1798 Image date false
Image function:
frontispiece; vol. 1 image_function frontispiece; vol. 1 Image function false
Technique:
engraving technique engraving Technique false
Image dimension height:
13.8 cm. image_dimensions_height 13.8 cm. Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
7.6 cm. image_dimensions_width 7.6 cm. Image dimension width false
Page dimension height:
17.8 cm. page_dimensions_height 17.8 cm. Page dimension height false
Page dimension width:
10.3 cm. page_dimensions_width 10.3 cm. Page dimension width false
Materials medium:
ink materials_medium ink Materials medium false
Materials support:
paper materials_support paper Materials support false
Description:
Allegorical representation of the Spanish monarchy as a crowned woman giving a book to a native American woman wearing a feathered headdress. Behind her stands a woman representing the Catholic Church with a cross, a dove, and a book. Cherubs or angels support a portrait of Hernán Cortés. Other women representing industry (with a beehive and bees) and plenty (with a cornucopia of fruit) stand beside the crowned woman. Also includes the royal coat of arms of Ferdinand VII, scepter, and laurel wreath. description Allegorical representation of the Spanish monarchy as a crowned woman giving a book to a native American woman wearing a feathered headdress. Behind her stands a woman representing the Catholic Church with a cross, a dove, and a book. Cherubs or angels support a portrait of Hernán Cortés. Other women representing industry (with a beehive and bees) and plenty (with a cornucopia of fruit) stand beside the crowned woman. Also includes the royal coat of arms of Ferdinand VII, scepter, and laurel wreath. Description false
Source creator:
Escoiquiz, Juan de, 1762-1820 source_creator Escoiquiz, Juan de, 1762-1820 Source creator false
Source Title:
México conquistada. Poema heroyco source_title México conquistada. Poema heroyco Source Title false
Source place of publication:
Madrid source_place_of_publication Madrid Source place of publication false
Source publisher:
En la Imprenta Real, por D. Pedro Julian Pereyra, impresor de cámara de S.M. source_publisher En la Imprenta Real, por D. Pedro Julian Pereyra, impresor de cámara de S.M. Source publisher false
Source date:
1798 source_date 1798 Source date false
notes:
The author, a courtier, priest, and writer, here defends the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He was tutor to the heir-apparent, who was later Ferdinand VII. The painter of the work from which this engraving was made is probably Luis Paret y Alcázar (1746-1799). notes The author, a courtier, priest, and writer, here defends the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He was tutor to the heir-apparent, who was later Ferdinand VII. The painter of the work from which this engraving was made is probably Luis Paret y Alcázar (1746-1799). notes false
Time Period:
1751-1800 time_period 1751-1800 Time Period false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures) visual_categories Emblems (Allegorical pictures) Visual categories false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1851. provenance_or_donor Acquired in 1851. Provenance/Donor false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 owner_and_copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 Owner and copyright false
geographic area:
Spanish America geographic_areas Spanish America geographic area false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities subject_groups Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples subject_groups Indigenous peoples Subject Area false
Subject Area:
Portraits subject_groups Portraits Subject Area false
Subject headings:
Emblems--Mexico subject_heads Emblems--Mexico Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540 subject_heads Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540 Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 subject_heads Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 Subject headings false

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