Second Palace at Mitla; Mexico.; February 1860; Albumen silver print from glass negative; Image: 13 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. (33.3 x 42.9 cm); Photographs; D閟ir?Charnay (French; 1828-1915); Between 1857 and 1860; D閟ir?Charnay traveled throughout Mexico photographing the architectural ruins of ancient sites at Mitla; Palenque; Izamal; Chich閚-Itz? and Uxmal. Funded by the French Ministry of Public Instruction; Charnay's expedition was inspired by the archeologist John Lloyd Stephens's book Incidents of Travel in Yucatan; illustrated with engravings after daguerreotypes