COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06080
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06080
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Record number:
06080-2
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06080-2
Record number
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JCB call number:
B822 R585d / 1-SIZE
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B822 R585d / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Palace tower at Palenque]
image_title
[Palace tower at Palenque]
Image title
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Creator 1:
McQueen & Co:
creator1
McQueen & Co:
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Lithog:
creator1_role
Lithog:
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false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Henry Berthoud ... Suttaby, Evance and Fox]
image_publisher
[Henry Berthoud ... Suttaby, Evance and Fox]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1822]
image_date
[1822]
Image date
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Image function:
plate [2]; following p. 128
image_function
plate [2]; following p. 128
Image function
false
Technique:
lithograph
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lithograph
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
23.6 cm.
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23.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18.5 cm.
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18.5 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
28.2 cm.
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28.2 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
22 cm.
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22 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Ruined tower with plants growing out of it. Three stories are intact; the fourth is incomplete.
description
Ruined tower with plants growing out of it. Three stories are intact; the fourth is incomplete.
Description
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Source creator:
Rio, Antonio del
source_creator
Rio, Antonio del
Source creator
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Source Title:
Description of the ruins of an ancient city discovered near Palenque in the kingdom of Guatemala, ...
source_title
Description of the ruins of an ancient city discovered near Palenque in the kingdom of Guatemala, ...
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false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
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false
Source publisher:
By Henry Berthoud, No. 65, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly; and Suttaby, Evance and Fox, Stationer's Court.
source_publisher
By Henry Berthoud, No. 65, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly; and Suttaby, Evance and Fox, Stationer's Court.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1822
source_date
1822
Source date
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notes:
Antonio del Rio, an artillery captain, was sent by the Spanish crown in May of 1786 to verify persistent rumors of the site of an ancient city near Santo Domingo del Palenque and to determine the origins of its inhabitants. He suggested that the people of that city, Palenque, had been Phoenicians. He took with him Ricardo Almendáriz who made 30 drawings of what was found. Although Rio's manuscript, a report to Don Jose Estacheria (Governor and Commandant General of Guatemala), has been preserved in Madrid, Almendáriz's original drawings were just recently rediscovered in a private European collection. The original drawings had been copied and executed as line lithographs for this publication by Jean Frederic Maxmilien de Waldeck. Palenque is a Classic Maya site most vital in the 7th century A.D. It is speculated that the tower was used for astronomical observation. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Antonio del Rio, an artillery captain, was sent by the Spanish crown in May of 1786 to verify persistent rumors of the site of an ancient city near Santo Domingo del Palenque and to determine the origins of its inhabitants. He suggested that the people of that city, Palenque, had been Phoenicians. He took with him Ricardo Almendáriz who made 30 drawings of what was found. Although Rio's manuscript, a report to Don Jose Estacheria (Governor and Commandant General of Guatemala), has been preserved in Madrid, Almendáriz's original drawings were just recently rediscovered in a private European collection. The original drawings had been copied and executed as line lithographs for this publication by Jean Frederic Maxmilien de Waldeck. Palenque is a Classic Maya site most vital in the 7th century A.D. It is speculated that the tower was used for astronomical observation. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Maya architecture--Mexico
subject_heads
Maya architecture--Mexico
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico)
subject_heads
Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico)
Subject headings
false