ARCHITECTURE, RESTORATION, AND IMAGING OF THE MAYA CITIES OF UXMAL, KABAH, SAYIL, AND LABNÁ
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1838 Waldeck

All the images of Uxmal (there are no images of Kabah, Sayil, or Labná) in the first edition of Frédéric de Waldeck, Voyage  pittoresque et archéologique dan la province d’Yucatan (Amérique Centrale), pendant les années 1834 et 1836 (Paris: Bellizard Dufour et Co; Londres, J. et W. Boone, Bossages Barthes et Lowell, 1838). Reproduced from 35mm slides I have taken from a copy in the University of Cincinnati Library, with appreciation. On this web site, the quoted captions are literal translations of the French captions. Because the paper was deliberately not pressed flat, the images on this web site show the 3 foldout pages slightly creased and irregular.  



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Pl. 10.  "Elevation of the pyramid of Kingsborough" (west facade of Pyramid of the Magician).
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Detail of print at left, showng front facade of Temple V, with 4 imagined figures.
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Detail of print at far left.
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Pl. 10. Detail of print above, showing left side of foldout print.
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Pl. 10. Detail of print above-left, showing center of foldout print.
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Pl. 10. Detail of print above-far left, showing right side of foldout print.
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Pl. 11. "Study of a part of the Pyramid of Kingsborough" (Pyramid of the Magician, Temple V; area of the front facade directly left of the doorway, including the imagined form of a standing male sculpture).
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Detail of upper portion of print at left.
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Detail of lower portion of print at far left, showing imagined naturalistically classicized form of a standing male figure.
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Pl. 11. Upper page from the more elegant version with color plates. This image slightly curved because the book was purposedly not pressed flat for this photograph. Courtesy Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History (RF-96-4).
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Lower page from the more elegant version with color plates. This image slightly curved because the book was purposedly not pressed flat for this photograph. Courtesy Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History (RF-96-4).
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Detail of image at left, showing imagined naturalistically classicized form of a standing male figure and reconstructed red paint remains (RF-96-4).
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Detail of print above, showing "Drawn by F. de Waldeck".
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Detail of print above-left, showing "Lithograph of Lemercier, Bernard and Co.".
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Detail of print above-far-left, showing "Lithographer Arnout".
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