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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay — The Nunnery, Uxmal

Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay

The Nunnery, Uxmal

1860

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Maya architecture, this albumen print represents pioneering archaeological photography in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay, The Nunnery, Uxmal, 1860

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Maya architecture, this albumen print represents pioneering archaeological photography in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1860
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monument, Monochrome, French, Albumen Print, Archaeological, Photograph, Historical, Travel, Architecture

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