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Comparisons with Early Drawings, Prints & Photographs

1841. Earliest published image of Nunnery Quadrangle and of Pyramid of the Magician.
Scanned from John L. Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1841; closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1839 on-site drawing.
1843. Earliest published image of Nunnery Quadrangle courtyard; looking south past Nunnery South Building to Governor's Palace etc.
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol. I, facing p. 304); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42 on-site drawing.
"Large courtyard group: Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal."
Scanned from George F. Andrews, Pyramids and Palace, Monsters and Masks; Vol. 1, Architecture of the Puuc Regions and the Northern Plains Area, 1995, p.219.  Reproduced with permission of Labyrinthos, publishers.
 1844. "8. General View of Las Monjas at Uxmal".
Chromolithograph in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. VIII); based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
Detail of print at left.
Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
1930. View from Great Platform to Nunnery Quadrangle.
Photograph by Dan Leyrer as member of the Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930. Scanned from 35 slide of the original photograph (M.31.4.476). Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane Universlty.
1873-1881. South half of Nunnery Quadrangle; 1st photographs from top of Pyramid of the Magician.  
Photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon 1873-1881. Scanned from a high quality 35mm slide provided by the Getty Research Institute, taken from an original photograph in their collection. The image area of the photographs is ca. 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. Reproduced with permission. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (96.R.137).
1936. South half of Nunnery Quadrangle after clearing.
1936 photograph in the Spinden Collection, Haffenreffer Museum (SP.15-70T). Scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a high quality internegative. Reproduced Courtesy of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.
2003. Nunnery Quadrangle restored; seen from top of Pyramid of the Magician.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
1873-1881. North half of Nunnery Quadrangle; 1st photographs from top of Pyramid of the Magician.  
Photograph by Augustus Photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon 1873-1881. Scanned from a high quality 35mm slide provided by the Getty Research Institute, taken from an original photograph in their collection. The image area of the photographs is ca. 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. Reproduced with permission. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (96.R.137).
1936. North half of Nunnery Quadrangle after clearing.
1936 photograph in the Spinden Collection, Haffenreffer Museum (SP.15-91T). Scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a high quality internegative. Reproduced Courtesy of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.
     
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