Photographs of historical and archaeological sites of Greece : photograph album, ca. 1900.

Format
Visual material
Language
English
Description
1 v. (223 plates) : ill. ; 32.5 x 43 cm.

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    Photographer
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Getty AAT genre
    Compiled/​Created
    ca. 1900.
    Summary note
    Large photograph album of 223 albumen and silver prints as well as collotypes of several historical and archaeological sites in Greece. Included are the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Theater of Dionysus, Ithaca, Itea, Delphi, the Corinth canal, Aigina, Epidaurus, Nauplion, Tiryns, Mycenae, Olympia, Sphakteria, Thera (Santorini), and Crete. 6 of the photographs are by Konstantinos Athanasiou, 6 collotypes by Rhomaides Brothers, 1 by Petros Mōraitēs, 4 bear the signature "P.A. Thomas" on negative and several bear the initials 'WR', 'WC', 'KW'. There are also 22 loose photographs of some of the above sites. Album is bound in green leather on hard boards.
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    Language note
    Handwritten captions in English.
    Source acquisition
    Purchase: Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund, 2010. AM 2011-52.
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