Title:
Atotonilco el Chico [Mexico]
Creator/Contributor:
Berghes, Carlos de (active ca. 1826), artist (artist)
Date:
1826
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1517--C
Format:
drawing on paper: wash
31.5 x 45.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Mining operation (as seen from mine Arevalo by artist C. de Berghes) with three men (Indian and/or Mexican) near mineshaft
in foreground; view of town situated in hilly tropical landscape in distance; wooden buildings along stream at lower left;
detailed rendering of vegetation frames scene; figures, donkeys, etc. Located (according to printed text following title)
near amalgamation plant La Purissima, and foundry S. Juan Nepomuceno which belonged to German mining union.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Nebst dem, dem Deutschen Bergwerks Verein zugehörigen Amalgamirwerk La Purissima,
und Schmelz Hütte S. Juan Nepomuceno/Von der Grube Arevalo aus aufgenommen von C. de Berghes, 1826. Handwritten (on verso):
Mining in Mexico. Inscriptions in German.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples;
Mexico;
Miners;
Mining;
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Landscapes;
Wash drawings