The carvings in this drawing contain an exceptional amount ... including the present-day Maya (none of whom are drawn to engage the viewer more than the site itself does). As we can see from a ...

he captured highly detailed images of Maya sites, including clear close-ups of the glyphs (left). He also prepared papier-mâché casts of several carvings from which accurate drawings were later ...

Armed with pencils, pens, paint, paper, sketchbooks, and drawing board, Frederick Catherwood was determined ... Catherwood’s lithographs thereafter were the only record of many Maya sites, buildings, ...