General View of the Ruins of Athens.
Photograph
General View of the Ruins of Athens.
From Athens.
ca. 1860
Albumen silver print
7.5 x 7.1 cm. (each); on 8.2 x 17.3 cm. mount
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1984.1729.0001
Inscriptions recto-(in image) "279"
mount verso-(applied label) "279." "Athens." "General View of the
Ruins of Athens." "Athens is situated about five miles from the sea-
coast, occupying part of the central plain of Attica and some heights
which run down into the plain, but are quite detached from the
mountains on the north frontier of the province. On the east side of
the city, the little river Iissus runs in a south-west direction past
the city, separating the heights of Athens on the west from ..."
mount verso-(applied label) "279." "Athens." "General View of the
Ruins of Athens." "Athens is situated about five miles from the sea-
coast, occupying part of the central plain of Attica and some heights
which run down into the plain, but are quite detached from the
mountains on the north frontier of the province. On the east side of
the city, the little river Iissus runs in a south-west direction past
the city, separating the heights of Athens on the west from ..."
