Ancient Mexico

Ancient Mexico was an exhibition by William Bullock of casts of Aztec artifacts and both copies and originals of Aztec codices, held in 1824 in the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Objects exhibited included the "calendar stone" (described as "Montezuma's watch"), the statue of Coatlicue (called "Teoyamiqui"), and the Stone of Tizoc.

Ancient Mexico was exhibited simultaneously with a parallel exhibition, Modern Mexico.

References

Bullock, William (1824). A Description of the Unique Exhibition called Ancient Mexico: Collected on the Spot in 1823 by the Assistance of the Mexican Government, and Now Open for Public Inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. London: For the Proprietor. OCLC 470260994.
Leask, Nigel (2004) [2002]. "Conclusion: William Bullock's Mexico and the Reassertion of 'Popular Curiosity'". Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel Writing, 1770–1840: From an Antique Land (1st pbk ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 299–314. ISBN 0-19-926930-0. OCLC 53911601.

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