ARCHITECTURE, RESTORATION, AND IMAGING OF THE MAYA CITIES OF UXMAL, KABAH, SAYIL, AND LABNÁ
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1881 Le Plongeon

Photographs of Uxmal taken by Augustus and/or Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, 1873-1881. These are scans from high quality 35mm slides provided by the Getty Research Institute from original albumen photographs in their collection. The image area of the photographs is ca. 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. Special thanks to Claire Lyons, Collections Curator, History of Archaeology and Ancient Art, Getty Research Institute, for generous help. Reproduced with permission. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (96.R.137).

 


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Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, North Building, surviving frieze over doorways 2-6, of 11 doorways. Two Maya assitants and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon in foreground.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-463)
Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, North Building, mask stack over 4th of 11 doorways from left.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-442)
Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, North Building, mask stack over 2nd of 1111 doorways from left.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-455)
Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, North Building, right end of front facade. Alice Dixon Le Plongeon standing near center.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-458)
Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, North Building, right (east) end with mask stacks on SE and NE corners. center collapsed.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-459)
Uxmal: House of the Birds, north end of frieze, with 2 birds in place.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-456)
Uxmal: Nunnery Annex, back (west) of top half of vaulted passageway, the bottom half filled. Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
ca.1873 (96.R.137-444)
 Augustus Le Plongeon photographing the frieze of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal, from a ladder, a Maya assistant in the foreground. Stereo photograph by Alice Dixon LePlongeon.
ca. 1873 (2004.M18-b15.19)
Augustus Le Plongeon photographing the frieze of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal, from a ladder, a Maya assistant in the foreground. Photograph by Alice Dixon LePlongeon.
ca. 1873 (2004.M.18-b15.18)
 

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