Désiré Charnay

French · 1828–1915 · Photographer

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French archaeologist and photographer (1828–1915)

Born 1828, FleurieDied 1915, 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of ParisOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q2539169 ↗ULAN 500115079 ↗Museum works 14

Also known as Charnay, Charnay, Claude Joseph Désiré, Claude Joseph Desire Charnay

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Désiré Charnay, Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3) — **Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3)**1863 · albumen silver print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon — Open Acce…

Désiré Charnay, Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28) — **Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28)**1863 · albumen silver print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons…

Désiré Charnay, Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30) — **Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30)**1863 · albumen silver print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons…

Désiré Charnay, Palais des Nonnes, Chichen-Itza: Façade principale (Palace of the Nuns, Chichen-Itza: Main Facade) — **Palais des Nonnes, Chichen-Itza: Façade principale (Palace of the Nuns, Chichen-Itza: Main Facade)**1859–1861 · albumen silver print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel an…

Désiré Charnay, Raharla, Minister to the Queen — **Raharla, Minister to the Queen**1863
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Désiré Charnay, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Désiré Charnay, Femmes Betsimisaraka, Madagascar — **Femmes Betsimisaraka, Madagascar**1863
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Désiré Charnay, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Désiré Charnay, Uxmal, Indian Bas Relief, Nun's Palace (Uxmal, Bas Relief de l'Indien, Palais des Nonnes), plate 44 from the album "Cités et Ruines Américaines, Gide Paris" (1863) — **Uxmal, Indian Bas Relief, Nun's Palace (Uxmal, Bas Relief de l'Indien, Palais des Nonnes), plate 44 from the album "Cités et Ruines Américaines, Gide Paris" (1863)**1860 · Albumen print
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Harvey and Beth Pl…

Désiré Charnay, Palais Du Cirque à Chichen-Itza, Intérieur d'une salle — **Palais Du Cirque à Chichen-Itza, Intérieur d'une salle**1859 · Albumen silver print
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund — public do…

Désiré Charnay, Palace of the Nuns at Uxmal (detail from the façade of the snake) — **Palace of the Nuns at Uxmal (detail from the façade of the snake)**c. 1860 · albumen print from collodion negative
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Désiré Charnay, Palace of the Circus at Chicen-Itza (bas relief of tigers) — **Palace of the Circus at Chicen-Itza (bas relief of tigers)**c. 1860 · albumen print from collodion negative
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Désiré Charnay, The Nunnery, Uxmal — **The Nunnery, Uxmal**1860 · albumen print from wet collodion negative
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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