[Theseum, Athens]

[Theseum, Athens]

Negative

John Shaw Smith

Maker
British, 1811–1873

[Theseum, Athens]

From Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Athens"


21 October 1851
Calotype
Image (Untrimmed): 6 7/8 × 9 in. (17.5 × 22.8 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1683.0179
Inscriptions Inscribed in brown ink on verso, TC: Temple of Theseus \ Athens Octr. 21st 1851 \ length 112 ft size of Columns at base 10 ft 6 at base it was built by Cimon son of \ Miltiades as a Mausoleum for the Body of Theseus which was brought from \ the Isle of Scyros, 50 years before the building of Parthenon 415 before Christ

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