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Offered here is an early 20th century silver gelatin photograph depicting the temple of the feathered serpent (temple of quetzalcoatl) at Teotihuacan, Mexico shown in its pre-restoration state with visible vegetation and erosion consistent with photographs made during early archaeological documentation of the site.
The print is on fiber based matte photographic paper with natural sepia aging and emulsion characteristics consistent with dark room prints from the early 1900s. A close inspection of the paper surface shows embedded fibers and aged toning that would rule out later reproductions or modern prints.
The photograph is housed in a. wood frame with hand, cut pine, backing boards and oxidized square cut nails construction methods typical of the late 19th to early 20th century. The framing appears to have remained undisturbed for many decades.
The image and composition are known from early anthropological and archaeological expeditions to Mexico and closely match documented works associated with William Farabee whose field photographs of mesoAmerican ruins were widely circulated and academic settings in the early 1900s. As was common for university and expedition prints of the era, the photograph is unsigned.
