COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07642
Record number:
07642-15
JCB call number:
B798 S687h
Image title:
Batalla de Otumba en que venció Cortes todo el poder mexicano, y ganó el Estandarte.
Creator 1:
A. Rodrigz.
Creator 1 role:
del.
Creator 2:
J. Fonseca
Creator 2 role:
gr.
Place image published:
[Madrid]
Image publisher:
[Cano]
Image date:
1799
Image function:
plate; vol. 4, following p. 148
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
8.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
5 cm.
Page dimension height:
12.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
The battle of Otumba or a scene of warfare as Mexicans or native Americans fight Spanish soldiers. A man on horseback stabs a Mexican ruler or king who is carried on a litter and who holds a standard surmounted by feathers. Includes feathered headdresses and garments, horses, shields, and swords.
Source creator:
Solís, Antonio de, 1610-1686
Source Title:
Historia de la conquista de México, poblacion y progresos de la América septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España ... tomo IV
Source place of publication:
Madrid
Source publisher:
Por Cano
Source date:
1799
notes:
Hernan Cortés lost 870 men at the battle of Otumba in 1520, and his army fled to Tlaxcala to obtain reinforcements. Encountering a legion of Aztec soldiers sent by Cuitlahuac, Moctezuma's brother and successor, the Spanish decisively won the battle.The painter of the work from which this engraving was made is probably Antonio Rodríguez (1765-1823).
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
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 Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Warfare
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1517-1540
Batalla de Otumba en que venció Cortes todo el poder mexicano, y ganó el Estandarte.
