Description: Frederick Catherwood 1799-1854 Image: 9” by 17 1/2” Original engraving from Incidents of Travel in the Yucatan by John L. Stephens New York Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff-Street 1843 Labna, South Front of Principal Building Frederick Catherwood was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Mayan civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid-19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán, were best sellers and introduced to the Western world the civilization of the ancient Maya. In 1837, Catherwood was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member.2 Central America3 Last years Catherwood, having made many trips to the Mediterranean between 1824 and 1832 to draw the monuments made by the Egyptians, Carthaginians, and Phoenicians, stated that the monuments in the Americas bear no architectural similarity to those in the Old World. Thus, they must have been made by the native people of the area. Catherwood made visits to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine and with Joseph Bonomi the Younger made drawings and watercolors of the ancient remains there. During a six-week period in 1833, Catherwood was probably the first Westerner to make a detailed survey of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.] Catherwood developed a sizeable reputation as a topographical artist. In 1836 he met travel writer John Lloyd Stephens in London. They read the account of the ruins of Copan published by Juan Galindo, and decided to try to visit Central America themselves and produce a more detailed and better illustrated account. The expedition came together in 1839 and continued through the following year, visiting and documenting dozens of ruins, many for the first time. Stephens and Catherwood are credited for the "rediscovery" of the Maya civilization, and through their publications brought the Maya back into the minds of the Western World. The expedition resulted in the book Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, published in 1841, with text by Stephens and engravings based on the drawings of Catherwood. Stephens and Catherwood returned to Yucatan to make further explorations, resulting in Incidents of Travel in Yucatan in 1843. The following year Catherwood published Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, with 25 color lithographs from watercolors he made at various ruins. This folio was published in May 1844 simultaneously in London and New York in an edition of 300. Some 282 copies are known to survive, mostly held in private collections or libraries. A large number of his original drawings and paintings were destroyed when the building where he was exhibiting them in New York City caught fire, but a number survive in museums and private collections, often showing more detail than the published engravings. In 1854, Frederick Catherwood was a passenger aboard the steamship, Arctic, making a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Liverpool to New York. On 27 September in conditions of poor visibility, the Arctic collided with the French steamer Vesta, and sank with much loss of life, including Catherwood. He was 55 years old. Compare with $300 examples! Please excuse the lack of clarity and dark contrast in the photographic images. I will be happy to forward additional jpegs at your request. We are North America's specialists in the original First Edition lithographs of David Roberts. There is a varied selection of these period lithographs, of the renowned Scottish artist, in our inventory. WE DO NOT SELL REPRODUCTIONS OR RESTRIKES OF ANY KIND. Prices are in U.S. dollars and do not reflect postage, packing and insurance. Payment is expected within SEVEN (7) days at the close of the auction. Any item may be returned within days of fourteen (14) receipt for a full refund (less shipping and insurance). We accept PAYPAL. A special flat parcel rate of $10.00 (which includes special packing and insurance) will be applicable for domestic shipping (International first-class shipping is $23.00) I will combine shipping for multiple pieces. Please review our other offerings for the week. Be sure to look over my EBAY Store inventory. Good luck bidding!!!
Price: 100 USD
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Year of Production: 1841
