Palais des Nonnes, a Uxmal, detail de la facade de la couleuvre

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Palais des Nonnes, a Uxmal, detail de la facade de la couleuvre

Creator

Désiré Charnay

French Photographer · 1828–1915

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As an adventurous young schoolteacher in New Orleans, Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay decided to become an explorer. After a brief return to his native France and a tour of the United States, he set off on his first expeditionary sojourn in 1857 to Mexico, where he photographed pre-Columbian ruins. In 1863 he spent three months on the island of Madagascar off the southeastern coast of Africa as a wri

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Date
1860–1862
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
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