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Lot Essay
This fine album apparently compiled by Lili von Magnus, probably the wife of Anton, Baron von Magnus, the Prussian ambassador to Mexico 1866-67, and the sole diplomat to witness Emperor Maximilian's execution in 1867. The views include scenes in Mexico City, Chapultepec Park, Guadalupe Hidalgo, the basalt rocks and waterfall of Santa Maria Regla, the Valley of Mexico, flower boats, Xochimilco, tobogganing on the volcano, the crater of the volcano, and others.
The Carrickfergus-born Stannus was in Mexico from 1864-68, was employed as an artist in Emperor Maximilian's army, and later supplied illustrations for the Illustrated London News. A set of his Mexican views was formerly in the collection of Emperor Maximilian, and another set of twenty views was commissioned by William Newbold (1828-1900), a director of the Mexican Railway Company (for which see Sotheby's, London, 26 Jan. 1984, lots 126-131).
The Carrickfergus-born Stannus was in Mexico from 1864-68, was employed as an artist in Emperor Maximilian's army, and later supplied illustrations for the Illustrated London News. A set of his Mexican views was formerly in the collection of Emperor Maximilian, and another set of twenty views was commissioned by William Newbold (1828-1900), a director of the Mexican Railway Company (for which see Sotheby's, London, 26 Jan. 1984, lots 126-131).