MS 7462 Adela C. Breton drawings of frescoes at Chichen Itza
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7462
label: Variant Title
content: Copies of frescoes at Chichen Itza
name: label: Creator
content: Breton, Adela, 1849-1923
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
creator: label: Creator
content: Breton, Adela, 1849-1923
culture: label: Culture
content: Maya (archaeological culture)
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content: MS 7462 Adela C. Breton drawings of frescoes at Chichen Itza
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Adela Catherine Breton (1849–1923) was an English archaeological artist. She made  watercolor copies of the wall paintings of Mexican temples. Many of her drawings are the only remaining record of the temples' appearance in the early twentieth century.  Breton first visited Chichen Itza in 1900, and spent the next several years drawing and painting at several Mayan sites.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Drawings (visual works)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1917
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were donated by Adele C. Breton to the United States National Museum in 1915, 1916, and 1917. The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7462
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Watercolors
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The drawings were originally cataloged by the National Anthropological Archives under MS 7462 and MS 7480.  In 2022, the collection was reprocessed and all drawings were incorporated into a single collection under MS 7462.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of five (5) drawings of frescoes at Chichen Itza made by Adela C. Breton.  Three frescoes are represented; two of the drawings are duplicates.   The collection also contains a reprint of a conference paper by Breton.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Department of Anthropology object collections holds artifacts donated by Adela C. Breton.