Cités et ruines américaines
- Title:
- Cités et ruines américaines
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Charnay, Désiré
- Publication Date:
- 1862-1863
- ID Number:
- REX063_036
- File Name:
- REX063_036.jpg
- Transcription:
- Text at bottom left reads: Charnay, photogr. Pl. 35. Gide, éditeur, Paris. Maison du Nain, A Uxmal
- Work Type:
- Book
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Travel photography
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Uxmal - Measurement:
- 74 (centimeters, height)
- Description:
- Looking toward the "Pyramid of the Magician" across an expanse of tall grass. The Pyramid is made of stone, in stepped ovals, with a portal near the top. It is overgrown with plants, but the overall shape and materials are visible.
- Notes:
- From an atlas with mounted albumen prints.
- Cite As:
- Charnay, Désiré, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, and Marshall H Saville. Cités Et Ruines Américaines: Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal. Paris: Gide, Éditeur, 1863.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.