español (Azca29)

This painted black-line drawing of the iconographic example of a Spaniard features Hernando Cortés. The contextualizing image shows he is part of the invading party of 1519. He stands next to his interpreter, doña Marina (also known as Malintzin, with the Nahua honorific, and Malinche, the Hispanized form). Here, Cortés is standing in a frontal view, holding his dark gray or black hat in his right hand. His curly reddish hair is uncovered. He sports a mustache and a short beard. His breeches or pantaloons are puffy, with red and white vertical stripes. He wears white socks on his legs below the knee, and he has black shoes with red ties. His upper body garment appears to be a type of armor, but unlike his comrades, he is not carrying a weapon.