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1844. "19. Gateway at Labnah".
Labná Arch: view of the more ornate, inner (northwest) side, with adjoining walls of the Residential Group shown not yet collapsed.

Lithograph published in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl.19); based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing, but slightly reconstructed and glamourized. This image scnaned from a 35mm slide takrn from a copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library Special Collection, American Mueum of Natural History.