1875 Woodcut Tree Triste Noche Cortes Tenochtitlan Aztec Montezuma XGMA8 Quirky & Unusual " This is an original

" This is an original 1893 duotone print of young couples tobogganing at Montreal

" This is an original 1894 halftone print of the collection of stone axes

a British politician and stateman

Harold Stanley

13 x 28 cm

1875 Woodcut Tree Triste Noche Cortes Tenochtitlan Aztec Montezuma XGMA8 Quirky & Unusual " This is an originalThis is an original 1875 monochrome woodcut of "Tree of Triste Noche." This tree, a huge and gnarled cypress, is held as a monument to Spanish conquest. It marks the point where Hernn Corts and his army of Spanish conquistadors paused on the night of June 30, 1520 on their escape from the capital of Tenochtitlan. Following the death of Montezuma, the Aztec King whom the Spanish were holding hostage, Cortes and his men were forced to fight their way