Indien Contrebandier de l’Intérieur

A lithograph depicting a Mayan smuggler in 1830s Yucatan

Visual Details

Description

A Mayan man engaged in smuggling is shown wearing short pants, sandals, and carrying a gourd and straw basket. He is rendered with neoclassical, muscular proportions, standing before a traditional hacienda with arches.

The Subject

Yucatan ethnography, Mayan daily life, Post-independence Mexico

Technical Specifications

Jules Arnout (Lithographer), Jean-Frédéric Waldeck (Drawer)
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
Lithograph
1838
Voyage Pittoresque et Archéologique dans la province d’Yucatan
Plate V (Pl. V).
“INDIEN CONTREBANDIER DE L’INTÉRIEUR”
Heavy 19th-century paper.
Not specified in source
Paris, France (Lemercier, Benard et Cie)

Historical Significance

Highly sought-after by collectors, this is a foundational work of Mayan archaeology and early visual documentation of independent Mexico.

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