Mexico City, Monument to Cuauhtémoc and Cuitláhuac
- Title:
- Mexico City, Monument to Cuauhtémoc and Cuitláhuac
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Briquet, Abel (French photographer, active second half of 19th century in France, Mexico, and Central America)
Noreña, Miguel (Mexican sculptor and teacher, 1843-1894)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1887-ca. 1895 (photograph)
1887 (sculpture)
- Location:
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Country:
- Mexico
- ID Number:
- 700
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00700
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00700.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Cuauhtémoc
Native American
memorials (monuments)
object sculpture
monuments
Mexico City, Mexico
Rulers
headdresses
spears (weapons)
weapons
cityscapes (representations)
cityscapes (representations)
streetscapes
Lions
Cats
animals by form
inscriptions
photographs - Measurement:
- 12.3825 x 19.05 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Cuitláhuac (d. October 1520) was the tenth Aztec ruler, who succeeded his brother Montezuma II in June 1520. Cuitláhuac rebelled against the Spanish occupation of Tenochtitlán, decimating Hernán Cortés' forces in their retreat from the city on the noche triste (Spanish: "sad night") of June 30, 1520. D...He died of smallpox during the subsequent Spanish siege of Tenochtitlán and was succeeded by his nephew Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec ruler." Cuauhtémoc (born ca. 1495, died Feb. 26, 1522) was the eleventh and last Aztec emperor, nephew and son-in-law of Montezuma II. "Cuauhtémoc' s frontier forces were forced to retreat in 1521, and he defended his capital in a four-month siege that left most of the city destroyed and few Indians surviving. Captured by the Spanish, he was at first treated with deference. Later, Cuauhtémoc was tortured to reveal the location of hidden Aztec w ealth. His stoicism and refusal to speak became legendary. Fearing trouble if he left Cuauhtémoc behind, Cortés took the emperor with him to Honduras. En route, hearing of a plot against the Spaniards, he ordered Cuauhtémoc hanged." Source: Encyclopedia Britannica.
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.