Provenance
Gift of G. E. Abbot to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, who in turn presented them to the APS in October 1953.
Preferred citation
Cite as: Abbot-Charnay Collection, American Philosophical Society.
Processing information
Recatalogued by rsc, 2002.
Other finding aids
Referenced in the online Daythal Kendall Guide to Native American Collections at the American Philosophical Society (#4504a).
General physical description
Native American Images Note : Of the 124 albumen prints, 15, numbered 110-124, are carte de visites. Images include tombs, sculptures, side and front individual portraits.
Related material
The Printed Materials Department has two works by Charnay: Charnay, Désiré, Cités et ruines américaines, Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal (Paris, 1863). Call no.: 913.72 C38c. Charnay, Désiré, The Ancient Cities of the New World : Being Voyages and Explorations in Mexico and Central America From 1857-1882 (New York, 1887). Call no.: 913.72 C38g. The Library also has the French version of 1885.
Bibliography
Davis, Keith F., Désiré Charnay, expeditionary photographer (University of New Mexico press, 1981). Call no.: B C375.