Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán

1844·Book with twenty-four color lithographs with hand-coloring, two color lithographs, and letterpress on ivory wove paper·Book, closed: 55.7 × 38 × 3 cm (21 15/16 × 15 × 1 3/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne

Catalogue

Year: 1844
Medium: Book with twenty-four color lithographs with hand-coloring, two color lithographs, and letterpress on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Book, closed: 55.7 × 38 × 3 cm (21 15/16 × 15 × 1 3/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Frederick Catherwood

Artist

Frederick Catherwood

Painting

Frederick Catherwood was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán, were best sellers and introduced to the Western world the civilization of the ancient Maya. In 1837, Catherwood was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member.

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