View of the principal façade of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace), Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico

People:

Désiré Charnay (photographer)

Title:

View of the principal façade of Las Monjas [the Nunnery] (also known as the Nun's Palace), Chichén Itzá Site, Yucatán, Mexico

Date:

April 1860

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from wet collodion glass plate negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 34.0 x 42.8 cm secondary support: 53.7 x 70.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1978:0027:002

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The photograph is attached to the CCA mount with two white woven tape hinges on the u.l. and u.r. of the verso of the secondary support. The u.r. and l.r. corners of the secondary support have been torn off and there is a tear on the l.l.

Inscription:

labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.l.: "Charnay, photogr. Pl. 30. Gide, éditeur, Paris." and with title

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
ruins
trees
reliefs
figures (representations)
façade
archaeological site
convent

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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