Frederick Catherwood drawing of the great Teocallis at Uxmal
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 211,351

USNM Accession Number 38171
label: Variant Title
content: Drawing of a ruined temple in Yucatan

House of the Magician

House of the Dwarf
label: Publication Note
content: A lithograph of a portion of this drawing was published in:

Catherwood, F. (1844). Views of ancient monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. London: Published by F. Catherwood.
name: label: Artist
content: Catherwood, Frederick, 1799-1854
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Uxmal Site (Mexico)
creator: label: Artist
content: Catherwood, Frederick, 1799-1854
culture: label: Culture
content: Maya
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Frederick Catherwood (1799–1854) was an English artist and architect known for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization.  In 1839 and 1841, Catherwood and John Lloyd Stephens toured dozens of archaeological sites in Central America and Mexico.  Together they published two books describing their discoveries: Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan (published in 1841, after the first voyage) and Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (published in 1843, after the second voyage).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor, 42 x 28 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841
container: label: Container
content: Item 211351
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawing was given to James Rivers King, father of the geologist Clarence King, possibly as a memento in exchange for his financial support of the Stephens and Catherwood expedition. Clarence King gave the drawing to W. H. Phillips of Washington  around 1890. After Mr. Phillips' death, it became the property of his daughter Imogene Phillips.  It was purchased by Bureau of American Ethnology from Imogene Phillips in 1901.  The drawing was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS211351
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A gouache drawing depicting the Teocallis, also called House of the Diviner or Dwarf's House, sitting on a pyramidal mound. It is a grand stone structure with intricate stone carvings at the gateway. Several people and a dog gather outside the entrance.

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