Alfred Percival Maudslay (British, 1850-1931), photogravure/drawing of Mayan Stela A, ca. 1890 CE. A wonderful photogravure of Mayan Stela A, along with a detailed drawing of the details of the stela, Copan published between 1889 and 1902 in the "Biologia Centrali-Americana, Flora y Fauna", one of the first publications that provided a significant body of Maya inscriptions that continues to remain an invaluable source. Size: 12.625" W x 19" H (32.1 cm x 48.3 cm) Size: 12.625" W x 19" H (32.1 cm x 48.3 cm)

Maudslay was a British colonial diplomat, archaeologist, and explorer who was among the first archaeologists to study Mayan civilization. He began his career working for the colonial service in Queensland, Trinidad, Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa; however parted ways with the colonial service in 1880 to travel to Guatemala where he explored Mayan ruins at Copan and Quirigua with archaeologist Frank Sarg. The pair then travelled to Tikal. Maudsley was also the first European scholar to describe Yaxchitlan, and he became famous for his explorations of Chichen with Teoberto Maler.

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection

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