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BL
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| Record Number
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587490
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GBA584065b416709
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| Main Entry
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McVicker, Mary Frech
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| Title & Author
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Adela Breton : : a Victorian artist amid Mexico's ruins /\ Mary F. McVicker
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| Publication Statement
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Albuquerque :: University of New Mexico Press,, c2005
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| Page. NO
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vi, 218 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0826336787 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references p. (215-216) and index
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| Contents
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The Bretons of Bath -- Early years -- The freedom of travel -- The grand tour of Mexico -- Painting on the grand tour -- Refining the focus -- Teopancaxco : the art of recording the ruins -- Pablo -- Sorting out -- Chichén Itzá -- Life begins at fifty -- The extraordinary undertaking : the murals in the upper Temple of the Jaguars -- The professionalization of Adela -- Don Alfredo -- The 1902 Congress of Americanists -- Back to work -- Dredging the Cenote -- The passing of Pablo -- Drawing and dredging -- Adela at work -- Acanceh: the palace of the stuccoes -- Study abroad -- A scholar not a painter -- Organizing an international meeting -- The 1912 Congress of Americanists -- Aftermath -- The manuscript "collectors" -- The onset of the war -- In search of health -- Home again -- Last travels
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| Subject
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Breton, Adela,1849-1923-- Travel-- Mexico
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Indians of Mexico-- Antiquities
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Indian architecture-- Mexico
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Women artists-- Mexico, Biography
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Mexico in art
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Indians in art
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Mexico, Antiquities
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| Dewey Classification
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972/.01
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| LC Classification
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F1219.M394 2005
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F1219.M394 2005
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