Lot 187: [ Photographs ] CLAUDE-JOSEPH-DESIRE CHARNAY (French, 1828-1915) MITLA, EXTERIOR OF THE PRIEST'S HOUSE, 1859; printed circa 1860s albumen print from collodion negative, on original mount image: 10. 625 x 16 in. (27 x 40.6 cm); mount: 21 x 27.5625 in.

[ Photographs ] CLAUDE-JOSEPH-DESIRE CHARNAY (French, 1828-1915) MITLA, EXTERIOR OF THE PRIEST'S HOUSE, 1859; printed circa 1860s albumen print from collodion negative, on original mount image: 10. 625 x 16 in. (27 x 40.6 cm); mount: 21 x 27.5625 in. (53.3 x 70 cm); label with artist's name, plate number, printer and title affixed to mount below image E4000-6000 LITERATURE D,sir, Charnay, CITES ET RUINES AMERICAINES, PARIS, Gide, 1962-1863, pl. 3 (illustrated); Keith F. Davis, DESIRE CHARNAY: EXPEDITIONARY PHOTOGRAPHER, ALBuQUERQUE, University of New Mexico Press, 1981, p. 40, pl. 2 ( illustrated)