Sujet

The Aztecs! Exhibition advert, 1867. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Aztecs!, 1867. 'A newly-discovered Tribe of Human Beings. The only Aztecs yet introduced to Civilized White People. Patronised by Queen Victoria, the Royal Family, and Court of Great Britain. On the 4th day of July, 1853, at Buckingham Palace, And the Emperors, Kings and Reigning Princes of every European Country, for the past 18 years'. Poster for an exhibit at Piccadilly. The advert claims to have 'discovered' a tribe in the fictitious city of Ixamaya in Central America. The portraits are of Máximo and Bartola (also known as Maximo Valdez Nunez and Bartola Velasquez), two Salvadoran siblings both with microcephaly and cognitive developmental disability, who were exhibited in human zoos in the 19th century. They were brought to Europe and toured at various venues for several years, with their final exhibition being at the Egyptian Hall in London.

Date

1867

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_025

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

33,4Mo (2,3Mo) / 27,2cm x 30,7cm / 3217 x 3629 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel female women woman people male man men health entertainment hall guy room Central America design advertisement advertising text century advert disability disabled concept poster exhibition exploitation exhibit exhibits controversy B&W tourist attraction lettering disabilities Central American ad controversial Medical Condition El Salvador scrapbook 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W nineteenth century tourism Egyptian Hall TGN portrait scrap book Unknown Velasquez freak show Nunez 19th-century The London Archives entertainments scrapbook ethnological exposition human zoo microcephaly Salvadorean Maximo Valdez Nunez Maximo Valdez M?ximo Bartola Velasquez Bartola Bartola