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View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico

"View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico...

1597-1803 (1814).

1597-1803 (1814).

1597.

1597.

1626.

1626.

1648.

1648.

1674.

1674.

1703.

1703.

1724.

1724.

1756.

1756.

1772.

1772.

1796.

1796.

1803 (1814).

1803 (1814).

a) Grotesque head issuing from jaws of an animal at the top...

Examples of the use of the head & scroll of the feathered serpent and of grotesque faces at Copan, at Quirigna.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

View of the river wall showing one of the

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

A view in the Great Plaza (looking south) showing Stela & Altar H. and group of Altars G 1-3.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela 2. Drawing of the inscription. See page 66.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela J. (Page 53 & 54) Inscriptions on the sides drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Altar Q. (Page 60) West side. (b) Altar Q. (Page 60) South side.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela D. (Pages 45-47) Details of back drawn and partly restored from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a) Doorway leading to the inner chamber of temple showing the position of the displaced cornice & fallen roof stones, before the passage to the inner chamber had been cleared. b) View of outer chamber of temple.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a and b) Altar near Stela M. (See page 55)

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Stela H. (Page 50) (b) Stela I and altar (Page 52)

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar T. (Pages 60_62) Drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

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