• Désiré Charnay (photographer)

Album of views of archaeological sites, including Mitla, Palenque, Chichén Itzá Site, Uxmal Site, and Izamal, with views of an Aztec Calendar and of the Arbol del Tule [tree of Tule], Mexico

published 1862

- The original record for this album indicates that the "contemporary binding of brown and green paper-covered boards [had] been dismantled", but at the time of documentation the binding was unavailable.

Albumen silver prints from paper negatives albumen silver prints from wet collodion glass plate negatives photolithographs from wet collodion glass plate negatives

comps. (range): 23 to 43,3 x 27 to 43,4 cm secondary supports (range): 53,1 to 75 x 54,6 to 72,3 cm

PH1981:0997:001-049

• general views
• partial views
• close-up views
• exterior views
• interior views

- This unbound album comprises 2 photomechanical prints, 43 photographs and 2 panoramas, each of which is made of 2 photographs. The unbound album also contains a cover page, title page and table of contents. The cover page is torn along the bottom edge. The title page is torn on the c.l., l.l., l.c., l.r. and c.r. The table of contents is torn on the l.l. and l.r.

labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on a label attached to the cover of the album, u.l.: "88" imprinted and dated - in typescript and black ink, on the cover page, u.c. to l.c.: "[with title] / RECUEILLIES ET PHOTOGRAPHIÉES / PAR / DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY / Avec un text in - 8o / PAR / VIOLLET - LE - DUC / ARCHITECTE DU GOVERNEMENT / FERDINAND DENIS / CONSERVr A LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE Ste-GENEVIÈVE / OUVRAGE DÉDIÉ / A S.M. L'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON III / ET PUBLIÉ / SOUS LE PATRONAGE DE SA MAJESTÉ / [with a decorative emblem] / PARIS / GIDE, LIBRAIRE - ÉDITEUR / 5 RUE BONAPARTE 5 / IMPRIMERIE DE J. CLAYE, 7 RUE SAINT-BENOIT / 1862" stamped - in typescript and purple ink, on the cover page, l.c.: "BIBLIOTHÈQUE / HARMANT" imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the title page, c.: with title imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the table of contents, u.c. to l.c.: "TABLE DES PLANCHES / [with a list of numbers, titles and locations of the photographs and prints in the album]" imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the table of contents, l.c.: "PARIS. - IMPRIMERIE DE J. CLAYE, RUE SAINT-BENOIT, 7." stamped - in typescript and purple ink, on the table of contents, l.c.: "BIBLIOTHÈQUE / HARMANT"

France

• architecture
• sculpture
• topographic

• courtyard
• entrances
• ruins
• trees
• reliefs
• people
• stairs
• doors
• houses
• figures (representations)
• sculpture
• portico
• bas-reliefs
• masonry
• wall
• palaces
• friezes (ornamental bands)
• stone
• temples
• hills
• statue
• buildings
• façade
• men (male humans)
• rock
• arcades
• staircase
• columns (architectural elements)
• crosses (visual works)
• church
• prison
• mountains
• arches
• archaeological site
• rooms
• plants (vegetation)
• terracotta roofing tiles
• convents
• mosaics (visual works)
• calendar
• chapel (room or structure)
• churchyard
• plazas
• stone friezes (ornamental bands)
• triptych
• man-made hills

Contains:

• PH1981:0997:005-006, Panorama of the principal façade of the Palace of the Columns, Mitla, Mexico, 1959
• PH1981:0997:045-046, Panorama of the principal façade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:001, Close-up view of the Sun Stone (also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone and Cuauhxicalli [Eagle Bowl]) with reliefs, Mexico City, Mexico, published 1862
• PH1981:0997:002, View of the Chapel of the Calvary on top of an ancient man-made hill, Adobe Group, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:003, View of the priest's house, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:004, Interior partial view of the courtyard [?] of the priest's house, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:007, View of the eastern façade of the Palace of the Columns, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:008, View of the western façade of the Palace of the Columns, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:009, Interior view of a room in the Palace of the Columns showing mosaicked stone friezes, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:010, Interior view of the Palace of the Columns showing the Salón de las Columnas [Hall of Columns] and a man, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:011, Interior view of the courtyard of the Palace of the Columns showing a man standing at a entrance, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:012, View of the Second Palace (also known as the East Building in Quadrangle E), Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:013, View of the principal façade of the Third Palace (also known as the North Building in Quadrangle F) with the Palace of the Columns in the distant right and San Pablo Church in the distant left, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:014, View of the eastern façade of the Fourth Palace (also known as the East Building in Quadrangle F) with plants in the foreground and hills in the background, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:015, View of the western façade of the Fourth Palace (also known as the East Building in Quadrangle F), Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:016, View of the south façade of the Fourth Palace, Mitla, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:017, View of Mitla showing the Palace of the Columns, Second Palace (also known as the East Building in Quadrangle E), Third Palace (also known as the North Building in Quadrangle F) and Fourth Palace (also known as the East Building in Quadrangle F), Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:018, View of the Arbol del Tule [tree of Tule] located in the town churchyard, Santa María del Tule, Mexico, 1859
• PH1981:0997:019, Close-up view of stone bas-reliefs in the East Court of the Palace, Palenque, Mexico, between 1859 and 1860
• PH1981:0997:020, Close-up view of stone bas-reliefs in the East Court of the Palace, Palenque, Mexico, between 1859 and 1860
• PH1981:0997:021, View of a piece of the central panel of a stone triptych showing bas-reliefs, Temple of the Cross, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, between 1859 and 1860
• PH1981:0997:022, Partial view of the Palace façade, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, between 1859 and 1860
• PH1981:0997:023, View of a plaza and buildings with the Kinich Kak Mo (also known as the Great Pyramid) in the background, Izamal, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:024, View of a plaza and arcade with the ruins of the Second Pyramid [?] in the background, Izamal, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:025, View of a carved rock figure (now demolished [?]) at the base of the Second Pyramid [?], Izamal, Mexico, published 1862
• PH1981:0997:026, Partial view of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace) showing the right wing, Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:027, Partial view of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace) showing a close-up view of bas-reliefs, Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:028, Partial view of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace) showing reliefs on the left wing, Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:029, Partial view of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace) showing the north façade, Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:030, View of the principal façade of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace), Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:031, View of the Prison (also known as the Red House), Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:032, View of the Kukulcán pyramid (also known as El Castillo [the Castle]) prior to its excavation, Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:033, View of an interior wall of a room in the Great Ballcourt (also known as the Palace of the Circus) showing bas-reliefs, Chichén Itzá Site; Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:034, Partial view of a façade of the Great Ballcourt (also known as the Palace of the Circus) showing bas-reliefs, Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico, April 1860
• PH1981:0997:035, View of the Pyramid of the Magician (also known as Casa del Anano [House of the Dwarf]), Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:036, Partial view of the Nunnery Quadrangle showing the northern façade, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:037, Partial view of the Nunnery Quadrangle showing a close-up view of the frieze on the north façade, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:038, Partial view of the Nunnery Quadrangle showing the Egyptian façade with the Pyramid of the Magician (also known as Casa del Anano [House of the Dwarf]) in the background, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:039, Close-up view of the frieze on the Egyptian façade of the Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:040, Partial view of the Nunnery Quadrangle showing the façade of snakes, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:041, Close-up view of the frieze on the façade of snakes, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:042, Partial view of the Nunnery Quadrangle showing the frieze and entrances on the south façade, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:043, Partial view of the Nunnery Quadrangle showing a close-up view of a frieze on the south façade, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:044, Close-up view of frieze on the Nunnery Quadrangle showing relief with male figure, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:047, Close-up view of the bas-reliefs above the principal entrance of the Palace of the Governor, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:048, View of the House of the Turtles with the Palace of the Governor on the left, Uxmal Site, Mexico, May 1860
• PH1981:0997:049, View of Uxmal Site from inside the Nunnery Quadrangle showing the House of Turtles, Palace of the Governor, Great Pyramid and the House of the Doves, Mexico, May 1860