Antique Print of the Spanish Conqueror of Mexico, c.1750

Name: Antique Print of the Spanish Conqueror of Mexico, c.1750
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-04401
Price: 145 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1750
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 26 × 39.5 cm (10.2 × 15.6 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Some small tears and creasing of the paper, please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Mexico
Reference: BG-04401

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Marina and other women given to Cortez, an original copper engraving lettered "Marina, et autres femmes donnees a Cortez", engraved by C. Baquoy after Cochin and published in the Histoire generale des voyages by Prevost, about 1750. The plate carries a volume and plate number at the foot.

The scene shows a group of bearded Spanish soldiers in hats and doublets standing in the shade of tall trees at the left, as a group of bare women is presented to them by figures at the center of the picture. Behind them on the right a coastline opens to the sea, where ships lie at anchor, and a few native huts and figures can be seen on the shore. The composition is built on diagonals that lead the eye from the large trees to the figures and back to the water.

Marina, the woman named in the title, became the interpreter and companion of Hernan Cortes during the conquest of Mexico in 1519, and she is one of the best known figures of that history. The engraver has drawn the Spaniards and the women with the classical proportions that were usual in eighteenth century book illustration.

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