Emperor Maximilian

Id

610

Idno

G1209

Type

Photography

Title

Emperor Maximilian

Description

Wide shot portraits of Emperor Maximilian, Tomás Mejía and Miguel Miramón, as well as his firing squad; superimposed on a large general shot photograph of his place of execution, which shows a stone slab fence and a cactus tree.

Color

Black and white

Disposition

Horizontal

Authorship

Adrien Cordiglia; Library of Congress

Date

1867;1867

Capture place

Cerro de las Campanas, Querétaro