Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Berghes, Carlos de (active ca. 1826), artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
Atotonilco el Chico [Mexico]
Date:
1826
Materials:
drawing on paper: wash
Dimensions:
31.5 x 45.6 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1517--C
Subject:
- Indigenous peoples
- Mexico
- Miners
- Mining
- Settlements
- Cityscapes
- Landscapes
- Wash drawings
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Content/Description:
Notes:
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.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
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.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf0w10071 8

Atotonilco el Chico [Mexico]