Mexico Mexican Collection (#4)

Geography map: representation of Central America with Mexico, Yucatan, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
VEN5031137 Geography map: representation of Central America with Mexico, Yucatan, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Florida and North South America. The West Indies are also represented

Portrait of Pio de Jesus Pico IV (1801-1894) was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California
NWI4951363 Portrait of Pio de Jesus Pico IV (1801-1894) was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Mexican American War (1846-1848): Battle of San Gabriel (1847), American marines
NWI4836959 Mexican American War (1846-1848): Battle of San Gabriel (1847), American marines, dragons and volunteers kept the Mexican attack at a distance

Portrait of Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876), military and politician
NWI4924292 Portrait of Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876), military and politician. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Portrait of Cuauhtemoc (Cuauhtemoctzin) (ca. 1497-1525), last Aztec emperor
NWI4924117 Portrait of Cuauhtemoc (Cuauhtemoctzin) (ca. 1497-1525), last Aztec emperor, in 1522 - Colour engraving after an illustration of the 19th century (Cuauhtemoc, last emperor of the Aztec)

Statue of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), nicknamed the Liberator, figure of the emancipation of the Spanish colonies of
NWI4924447 Statue of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), nicknamed the Liberator, figure of the emancipation of the Spanish colonies of South America, Mexico City

Hernando Cortes (Hernand Cortez, 1485-1547) in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan wants to fight against the conquistadors
NWI4852789 Hernando Cortes (Hernand Cortez, 1485-1547) in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan wants to fight against the conquistadors of Panfilo de Narvaez (1470-1528), 1519

Flags of forty countries, circa 1890. Colour lithography, 19th century
NWI4851551 Flags of forty countries, circa 1890. Colour lithography, 19th century.; (add.info.: Flags of forty countries, circa 1890)

Church and hospital of Jesus, melted by Hernan Cortes (Fernando Cortes Monroy Pizarro Altamirano, 1485-1547)
NWI4850842 Church and hospital of Jesus, melted by Hernan Cortes (Fernando Cortes Monroy Pizarro Altamirano, 1485-1547, Spanish conquistador) in Mexico (Mexico), circa 1500

Mexican Indians celebrating the spring equinox in the Toltec ruins of Tula (Mexico)
NWI4876593 Mexican Indians celebrating the spring equinox in the Toltec ruins of Tula (Mexico). Religious offering scene of smoking potion in ritual bowls; (add.info)

Precolombian civilization: reproduction of 19th century Aztec statuette Dim. 25 cm
JEB4908250 Precolombian civilization: reproduction of 19th century Aztec statuette Dim. 25 cm. Musee de la Vallee, Barcelonnette (Alpes de Haute provence); Musee de la Vallee, Barcelonnette

Precolombian civilization: heads of Aztec anthropomorphic figurines in terracotta. From Teotihuacan. Mexico
JEB4910258 Precolombian civilization: heads of Aztec anthropomorphic figurines in terracotta. From Teotihuacan. Mexico. 15th and 16th centuries

Precolombian civilization: heads of Aztec anthropomorphic figurines in terracotta. From Teotihuacan. Mexico
JEB4910253 Precolombian civilization: heads of Aztec anthropomorphic figurines in terracotta. From Teotihuacan. Mexico. 15th and 16th centuries

Precolombian civilization: Aztec figurines in terracotta. Statue on the right: Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl
JEB4909966 Precolombian civilization: Aztec figurines in terracotta. Statue on the right: Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl. The god Quetzalcoatl (precious feather serpent)

American-Mexican War (1846-1848) between the United States and the Republic of Mexico: Battle of Buena Vista in 1847
NWI4833765 American-Mexican War (1846-1848) between the United States and the Republic of Mexico: Battle of Buena Vista in 1847

American-Mexican War (1846-1848) between the United States and the Republic of Mexico
NWI4833120 American-Mexican War (1846-1848) between the United States and the Republic of Mexico: General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850)

Lieutenant Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) during the Battle of Chapultepec during the American-Mexican War
NWI4937189 Lieutenant Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) during the Battle of Chapultepec during the American-Mexican War (1846-1848)

History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary, San Diego Queretaro Mission, Mexico
NWI4940648 History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary, San Diego Queretaro Mission, Mexico; (add.info.: History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra)

Indians of America: Azteque Tzompantli on which the skins of the victims sacrificed during a ritual in Tenochtitlan
NWI4900533 Indians of America: Azteque Tzompantli on which the skins of the victims sacrificed during a ritual in Tenochtitlan (ancient city of Mexico City, Mexico) were displayed

Ruins of a Maya sculpted column (15th-16th century), circa 1870. Covered in epigraphic writing, in Yucatan (Mexico)
NWI4900401 Ruins of a Maya sculpted column (15th-16th century), circa 1870. Covered in epigraphic writing, in Yucatan (Mexico)

Indian of America: Ceremony in an Aztec temple in Tenochtitlan (ancient city of Mexico). 19th century colour engraving
NWI4899991 Indian of America: Ceremony in an Aztec temple in Tenochtitlan (ancient city of Mexico). 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Indian of America)

A collection of Aztec tribute goods
3329860 A collection of Aztec tribute goods; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a collection of Aztec tribute goods. Dated 14th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Adrian Woll, from L'Univers Illustre, pub. June 1863
3473168 Adrian Woll, from L'Univers Illustre, pub. June 1863; (add.info.: Adrian Woll, 1795 - 1875. French Mexican general in the army of Mexico during the Texas Revolution)

Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473295 Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, 1600 - 1659)

Mexicans celebrating the beginning of a new age, 1778
3478857 Mexicans celebrating the beginning of a new age, 1778; (add.info.: Mexicans celebrating the beginning of a new age. From John Hamilton Moore)

Costumes from Mexico: a travelling family carrying luggage and baby on their back and a high priest with his outfit
FLO4635625 Costumes from Mexico: a travelling family carrying luggage and baby on their back and a high priest with his outfit and sacrificial knife

The months, years and centuries according to the Mexican Aztec calendar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi
FLO4622180 The months, years and centuries according to the Mexican Aztec calendar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

An Aztec priest removes a man's heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone
FLO4622145 An Aztec priest removes a man's heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone and offers it to the god Huitzilopochtli. Several young acolytes hold down the victim

Aztec bas-relief depicting ancient warriors. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio
FLO4622051 Aztec bas-relief depicting ancient warriors. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Mexican acrobats and performers. Aztec men performing balancing acts, and two men balancing on a pole supported by a
FLO4622249 Mexican acrobats and performers. Aztec men performing balancing acts, and two men balancing on a pole supported by a man on his back

Hieroglyphic Christian calendar on an Aztec stele. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fumagalli from Giulio
FLO4622191 Hieroglyphic Christian calendar on an Aztec stele. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fumagalli from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's
FLO4622037 Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, and Mexican marigold, Tagetes erecta. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical
FLO4667886 Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, and Mexican marigold, Tagetes erecta. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Mexican marigold or Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta (Gerofano indiano maggiore)
FLO4674467 Mexican marigold or Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta (Gerofano indiano maggiore). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro

Senjugiku or Mexican marigold, Tagetes erecta (Tagete Lucida or Yauhtli des Azteques)
FLO4654129 Senjugiku or Mexican marigold, Tagetes erecta (Tagete Lucida or Yauhtli des Azteques) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers)

Farmers gather meatballs, which they elevent in cacti, then after drying and roasting the insects
FLO4576329 Farmers gather meatballs, which they elevent in cacti, then after drying and roasting the insects, they will be used to make the carmine red tincture - Farmers harvesting cochineal

Windmills (chromolitho)
8677661 Windmills (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Windmills. Advertising card for the Challenge Wind Mill & Feed Mill Co, Batavia)

Maya priest and worshipper, from a sculpture in the British Museum (litho)
8673386 Maya priest and worshipper, from a sculpture in the British Museum (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maya priest and worshipper)

National Types of Beauty: Mexico (b/w photo)
8645405 National Types of Beauty: Mexico (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mexico)

The Last Moments of the Emperor Maximilian (litho)
8661415 The Last Moments of the Emperor Maximilian (litho) by Laurens, Jean Paul (1838-1921) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Last Moments of the Emperor Maximilian)

View of the interior of the crater of Popocatepetl, Mexico, 1882
7125200 View of the interior of the crater of Popocatepetl, Mexico, 1882; (add.info.: View of the interior of the crater of Popocatepetl, Mexico seen from a breach in its side)

Map of Mexico and Peru, showing the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire. (print)
7420055 Map of Mexico and Peru, showing the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire. (print); (add.info.: Map of Mexico and Peru, showing the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire)

Commodore Anson in the Centurion with a crew of 227, 30 of which were boys
7341792 Commodore Anson in the Centurion with a crew of 227, 30 of which were boys, on the 20th of June 1743 about two in the afternoon attacks and in less than half an hour obliges to strike

Veracruz, Mexico, c.1910 (print)
7292880 Veracruz, Mexico, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Geography. Mexico. Calle de Vicario in Veracruz. Postcard, Mexico, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, from Blaeu's Atlas of the Americas, 17th century (coloured engraving)
7295352 Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, from Blaeu's Atlas of the Americas, 17th century (coloured engraving) by Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673); National Maritime Museum, London

San Blas [Mexico], Oct 11th 1850, Mountains about Tepic, 6400 feet, 1850 (watercolour)
7295624 San Blas [Mexico], Oct 11th 1850, Mountains about Tepic, 6400 feet, 1850 (watercolour) by Fanshawe, Admiral Sir Edward Gennys (1814-1906); 17.5x51.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Jade mask. Teotihuacan art from Mexico, circa 250-600. Glyptic Inv. Gemme 1921, n.824
BEN5473769 Jade mask. Teotihuacan art from Mexico, circa 250-600. Glyptic Inv. Gemme 1921, n.824. Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.660; Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence

"Le bapteme de l empereur azteque Cuauhtemoc (vers 1497-1525) a Santa Cruz Acatlan par le pretre Bartolome de
AIS5381491 "Le bapteme de l empereur azteque Cuauhtemoc (vers 1497-1525) a Santa Cruz Acatlan par le pretre Bartolome de Olmedo (mort en 1524)

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"Exploring the Rich Heritage of Mexico: A Glimpse into its Ancient Civilization and Vibrant Culture" Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Mexico, where ancient traditions and vibrant culture intertwine. This collection of watercolour artworks from c. 1843-50 offers a glimpse into the rich heritage that has shaped this extraordinary nation. Step back in time as you admire the exquisite depiction of Goddess Teoyaomqui and the porphyry sacrificial stone. These sacred elements symbolize the deep spiritual connection that existed within Mexican society, highlighting their reverence for divinity and ritual practices. Marvel at the portrayal of a Maya priest or hero, exuding strength and wisdom. Their presence serves as a reminder of the influential figures who guided their people through turbulent times, leaving an indelible mark on Mexican history. Witness an intense duel taking place on the Champion Stone, showcasing both bravery and skill. This scene reflects Mexico's warrior spirit, emphasizing their unwavering determination to protect their land and honor. The artwork depicting Mexican Indians in holiday dress showcases their colorful attire, reflecting a celebration of life itself. Each garment tells a story woven with intricate patterns passed down through generations – an embodiment of cultural pride. Delve into Mendoza's small figures - delicate representations that offer insights into everyday life during this era. They provide glimpses into various aspects such as trade at markets or warriors guarding Montezuma himself; each figure unveiling another layer to Mexico's diverse tapestry. Explore Mexican picture writing from Vatican Ms. , which chronicles events surrounding Spanish conquests. It serves as a testament to resilience amidst adversity while preserving historical accounts for future generations to learn from. Admire archers from Montezuma's guard alongside common warriors - symbols of unity among different social classes when defending their homeland against external threats. The juxtaposition highlights how everyone played a crucial role in safeguarding Mexico's sovereignty. Transport yourself to bustling marketplaces, where Mexican Indians return from their daily endeavors.