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The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery is showing an exhibition of ancient Mexican ruins meticulously painted by one remarkable woman; Adela Catherine Breton. |
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The extraordinary Adela Breton (1849-1923) worked at archaeological sites in Mexico making full-size colour copies of ancient Mexican ruins. Her copies of the wall paintings in temples and buildings in Chichén Itzá, Teotihuacan and Acancéh are now the only full record of what was there in the 1900s and allow today’s academics to interpret the images and the history they show. The images are recognised as of great importance for Mesoamerican studies. |
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For the first time since the 1940s, the large watercolours will be on display as a celebration of Adela Breton, her art and the art of ancient Mexico. Born in London, lived in Bath, worked in Mexico, travelled the world, died in Barbados. In 1892, she went to Mexico for the first time. With her guide, Pablo Solorio, she travelled the country, sketching the landscape and the archaeological ruins. The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery is located in Clifton, and it is run by the British City Council. The museum holds a wide collection of national and international archaeology and the gallery has works from all periods. The building is of Edwardian Baroque architecture and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II.
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