Mexico by Carl Nebel 1836
Voyage pittoresque et archéologique dans la partie la plus intéressante du Mexique by Carl Nebel 1836. Lithograph by Frédéric Lehnert.
Picturesque and archaeological journey through the most interesting part of Mexico by Carl Nebel 1836.
Arrieros. Carriers. Rancheros Poblanas. Villageoises indiennes Las Tortilleras. Las Tortilleras (Original) La Mantilla. Traje por la mañana. Indians of the Guauchinango Mountains. Indiens Carboneros Indias de la Sierra al S. E. De Mexico. Habitants de Tierra Caliente. El Hacendero et son majordome. Place Mayor de Guanajuato San Luis-Potosi Zacatecas Vista de la Cathedral y de la Plaza Mayor de Mexico Place Mayor à Guadalajara Veracruz Tampico de Tamaulipas La grande pyramide de Papantla Papantla Interieur de Mexico. Valle de Mexico Veste General de Zacatecas. Aguascalientes The volcanoes of Mexico City seen from Tacubaya Mexican Mesoamerican ruins of the Totonac Zapotec Mexico Xochicalco Maya ruins
Source: Viaje pintoresco y arqueolójico sobre la parte más interesante de la República Mejicana, en los años transcurridos desde 1829 hasta 1834 por el arquitecto Don Carlos Nebel. Paris; Méjico: [Impr. de P. Renouard] 1840.
Carl Nebel (also Carlos Nebel; March 18, 1805 in Altona; † June 4, 1855) was a German engineer, architect and artist. He became famous for his depictions of the Mexican-American War and his precise pictures of Mexican landscapes.
Nebel was born in Altona, studied in Hamburg and Paris and then went to America for a few years. From 1829 to 1834 he lived in Mexico. In 1836 he published an illustrated description of this country in Paris, Voyage pittoresque et archéologique dans la partie la plus intéressante du Méxique, which was illustrated with 50 lithographs after his paintings. Twenty of these prints were hand-coloured and Alexander von Humboldt wrote the preface to the work.
In 1851 George Wilkins Kendall used twelve color prints after paintings by Nebel in his History of the Mexican-American War, The War between the United States and Mexico Illustrated. The prints were made by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, the printing was done by Joseph Mercier, leading specialists of the time.
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