Lot 149: Anthony Carey Stannus (British, 1839-1919)

Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City
signed 'Stannus'
watercolour and bodycolour
27.9 x 62.3 cm. (11 x 24 1/2 in.)

Chapultepec, which in the ancient Aztec language Nahuatl means "Hill of the Grasshopper", is a rocky outcrop in Mexico City and is surmounted by Chapultepec Castle.

The first residence at Chapultepec was established in the fourteenth century by Nezahualcoyotl, King of Texcoco who ordered a palace to be built at the foot of the hill. The current building was built in 1785 by the Spanish and substantially altered in 1864 by the Emperor Maximilian. It now houses The Museum of Mexican History.