Alonso y Gil Gonzalez de Avila
Mexico City: Diaz de Leon y White, 1870. Lithograph. Image measures 14 1/2" x 10 1/2". Scattered foxing at margins. This striking print depicts Alonso and Gil Gonzalez de Avila being led on horses through the streets of Mexico City. Their hands are cuffed, and an executioner leads with an axe in hand. A crowd surrounds them, holding torches; religious men clutch their crucifixes and offer prayers. The brothers were convicted in 1566 of conspiring to overthrow the Spanish royal..... More