Partial view of the principal façade of the Palace of the Columns, Mitla, Mexico

People:

Désiré Charnay (photographer)

Title:

Partial view of the principal façade of the Palace of the Columns, Mitla, Mexico

Date:

1859

Description:

- Photographs PH1981:0997:005 and PH1981:0997:006 form panorama PH1981:0997:005-006. The photographs are mounted on different secondary supports, but it is probable that when the album PH1981:0997:001-049 was bound, their edges joined to form the complete panorama. Photograph PH1981:0997:006 comprises the right half of the panorama.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from wet collodion glass plate negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 33.3 x 40.5 cm secondary support: 54.4 x 71.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0997:006

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.l.: "Charnay, photogr. Pl. 6. Gide, éditeur, Paris." / and with title stamped - in typescript and purple ink, on the secondary support, l.1.: "BIBLIOTHÈQUE / HARMANT"

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ruins
palace
façade
men (male humans)
mountain
archaeological site
mosaics (visual works)
stone friezes (ornamental bands)

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

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