Pictured here are a few lithographs from Désiré Charnay’s 1862 publicat

Pictured here are a few lithographs from Désiré Charnay’s 1862 publication Cités et ruines Américaines. Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal. Charnay was an archaeologist, explorer and artist, and these pictures of his are part of the first photographic studies of the great abandoned palaces and temples of Mexico.Their titles are as follows: (1) Palais Des Nonnes, à Chichen-Itza: façade principale, (2) Ancien Temple, à Chichen-Itza, applé le chateau, (3) Palais Du Cirque, à Chichen-Itza, intérieur d'une salle, (4) Palais Des Nonnes, à Chichen-Itza, alle droite & (5) Figure gigantesque, à Izamal; au bas de la seconde pyramide.Courtesy of The New York Public Library Digital Collections. IDs: 111415, 111417, 111418, 111411 & 111410. -- source link

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