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The Nunnery, Uxmal by Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay (French, 1828–1915) — VisualArtsDB

The Nunnery, Uxmal

The Nunnery, Uxmal

Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay (French, 1828–1915)

1860

Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 40.5 x 27 cm (15 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.); Matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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France, 19th century

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