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Title
No. 36: Distant view of the ruins of the Pueblo Bonito and adjoining rocks
Subject
- Indigenous architecture
- Chaco culture
Description
A black and white wash drawing on heavyweight laid paper by Richard H. Kern depicting their expedition's distant view of Pueblo Bonito, an ancestral Puebloan great house that currently is the most thoroughly investigated and celebrated of said great houses found within the Chaco Canyon. This landscape shows grassy and rocky terrain in the foreground and, in the far distance, various rounded structures with visible windows against a mountainous background.
Creator
Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853
Location Covered
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.)
Source
ANSP-Coll-0146, Box 1, Folder 5
Identifier
ansp_146_26225_036
Notes
Cataloging made possible by The Getty Grant Program.
Relation
Richard H. Kern and Edward Meyer Kern Illustrations of the American Southwest
Contributing Institution
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
