Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon photographs of Mexican archaeological sites. 1873-1910.

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Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon photographs of Mexican archaeological sites. 1873-1910.

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Augustus Le Plongeon was a medical doctor, photographer, antiquarian, and amateur archaeologist of French origins. In the early 1860s, after spending time in Chile and northern California, Le Plongeon moved to Lima, Peru, where he practiced medicine and photography, and became interested in Peruvian archaeology. On a trip to London he met Alice Dixon, daughter of the photographer Henry Dixon. The couple returned to North America where they married and devoted their lives' work to excavating, documenting, and interpreting the Maya ruins and culture of the Yucatán peninsula. They spent over a decade exploring Yucatán and Central America, excavating at Chichén Itzá and Uxmal. Photographs taken during the Le Plongeons's visits to Chichén Itzá between 1873 and 1883 include general views of Chichén Itzá, and views and details of the Upper and Lower Temples of the Jaguars, Las Monjas, La Iglesia, Akab-Dzib, and the Platform of Venus. There are several details of the tracings they made of the mural from the Upper Temple of the Jaguars. Also included are a photograph of Alice Le Plongeon and workers with Chacmool shortly after the statue was excavated, and another view of the statue after it had been taken to Mexico City and installed in the National Museum. Photographs taken during the Le Plongeon's stay at Uxmal in 1876 include general views, as well as views and details of the Adivino Pyramid and Chenes Temple, the Nunnery Quadrangle, and the Governor's Palace. Included are a photograph of the Le Plongeons in their living quarters in the Governor's Palace and photographs taken by Alice of Augustus photographing the east facade of the Governor's Palace and making molds of its reliefs.

46 photographic prints : albumen, collodion ; 22 x 16 cm. or smaller, on mounts 23 x 18 cm. or smaller.

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Le Plongeon, Alice D. (Alice Dixon), 1851-1910

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Biographical/Historical Note Augustus Henry Julian Le Plongeon was born on Jersey, Channel Islands on May 4, 1826. After graduating from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris he embarked on a series of adventures in the Americas, beginning with an attempt to sail to Chile with a friend in the late 1840s. Wrecked off the coast, they made their way to Valparaiso, Chile, where Le Plongeon took a position at a local college. When gold rush fever reach...

Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908

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French doctor and early archaeologist. From the description of Views of Maya ruins in the Yucatan. 1873. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 419228157 Augustus Le Plongeon was a medical doctor, photographer, antiquarian, and amature archaeologist of French origins. In the early 1860s, after spending time in Chile and northern California, Le Plongeon moved to Lima, Peru, where he practiced medicine and photography, and became interested in Peruvian archaeology. On...