Frederick Catherwood
British Mesoamericanist, explorer, artist, architect, and photographer (1799-1854) · Historical Figures · Died at 55
Frederick Catherwood was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens.
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Main temple at Tulum, by Catherwood, from Views of Ancient Monuments
Lithograph of Stela H portraying Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil, site of Copan, from Views of Ancient Monuments, 1844.
The Society in 1853. Standing: Charles Eliot Ware, Robert William Hooper, Le Baron Russell, and Samuel Parkman. Seated: George Amory Bethune, O. W. Holmes, Samuel Cabot III, Jonathan Mason Warren, William Edward Coale, and James Browne Gregerson.About this person
Their books, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán, were best sellers and introduced to the Western world the civilization of the ancient Maya. In 1837, Catherwood was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member.
