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1838. The earliest image of this famous section of the frieze, based on drawings made before portions of the frieze collapsed. In this print, Waldeck's shows how he thought this section originally looked, though without color.
Fold-out print mounted in Frédéric Waldeck, Voyage  pittoresque et archéologique dan la province d’Yucatan,  1838. Reconstructed by Waldeck from his 1834 and 1836 drawings on-site. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the University of Cincinnati Library, with appreciation. Because this print was deliberately not pressed flat, this image shows the paper creased and slightly bent.
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