Aztec Sacrifice, Mexico - Original Steel Engraving by Monnin, 19th C
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Original steel engraving of an Aztec human sacrifice: four officiants with long hair and worked mantles hold the victim on the stone while the priest, in a feathered headdress, raises the heart. Bilingual heading "Mexique / Méjico" and a two-language caption, "Sacrifice ordinaire / Sacrificio ordinario".
Original steel engraving of an Aztec human sacrifice: four officiants with long hair and worked mantles hold the victim on the stone while the priest, in a feathered headdress, raises the heart. Bilingual heading "Mexique / Méjico" and a two-language caption, "Sacrifice ordinaire / Sacrificio ordinario".
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Vernier
Engraver / lithographer: Monnin, under the direction of Lemaitre
Date: Circa 1840
Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm)
Condition: Fair. Toned sheet, with light spots of foxing and small tears at the edges, more marked in the upper right corner; the image clean.
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Original steel engraving of an Aztec human sacrifice: four officiants with long hair and worked mantles hold the victim on the stone while the priest, in a feathered headdress, raises the heart. Bilingual heading "Mexique / Méjico" and a two-language caption, "Sacrifice ordinaire / Sacrificio ordinario".