A Toltec princess / P. Fritel, pinx. ; photogravure, Gebbie & Husson Co., Ltd. – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: A Toltec princess / P. Fritel, pinx. ; photogravure, Gebbie & Husson Co., Ltd., preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A Toltec princess / P. Fritel, pinx. ; photogravure, Gebbie & Husson Co., Ltd.
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Titled *A Toltec princess*, this photogravure reproduces a painting by P. Fritel and shows an idealized Mesoamerican woman in elaborate dress. The caption places the scene in America at the time of the Spanish invasion, but the Toltecs had faded as a political power around the 12th century, well before Cortés arrived in 1519. The source is a drawing held in a Madrid museum, and the Gebbie imprint reflects the late-19th-century appetite for printed reproductions of imagined historical subjects. Viewers should read the costume and setting as the artist's interpretation rather than documentary evidence.
| Created / published | c1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photogravure. |
| Genre | Portrait paintings Reproductions 1880-1890.Portrait prints 1890.Photogravures 1890. |
| Notes | Copyright by Gebbie & Co. From a drawing in the museum at Madrid." "America at time of invasion by Spain."" |
| Subjects | Toltecs--Clothing & dress--1890. Princesses--1890. Toltecs--Women--1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 924 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-166561 |
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