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Austen Henry Layard — Monuments of Ninevah: Plate 3, Human-headed Bull and Winged Figure from a Gateway in the Wall Surrounding Kouyunjik (Quyunjik)

Austen Henry Layard

Monuments of Ninevah: Plate 3, Human-headed Bull and Winged Figure from a Gateway in the Wall Surrounding Kouyunjik (Quyunjik)

1853

Layard's meticulous lithographs documented ancient Assyrian monuments for European audiences, preserving archaeological details of these monumental guardian figures before their destruction.

Medium
lithograph in black and beige

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Austen Henry Layard, Monuments of Ninevah: Plate 3, Human-headed Bull and Winged Figure from a Gateway in the Wall Surrounding Kouyunjik (Quyunjik), 1853

Layard's meticulous lithographs documented ancient Assyrian monuments for European audiences, preserving archaeological details of these monumental guardian figures before their destruction.

Medium
lithograph in black and beige
Year
1853
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Beige, Documentary, Architectural, Historical, Ancient Art, British, Mythological, Lithograph, Figurative

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