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Collection:
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A. D. White Architectural Photographs
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Accession Number:
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15/5/3090.00022
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Title:
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Acropolis, Propylaea and Erechtheum
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Creator:
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Mnesikles
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Bio/Origin:
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Greek
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Role:
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Architect
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Notes:
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This view of the Acropolis may have been made by William James Stillman. It was certainly taken prior to the demolition of the Frankish Tower (in background, to the left of the Erechtheum) in 1875. Source: Anne Ehrenkranz, Poetic Localities: Photographs of William James Stillman (New York: Aperture, 1988)
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Dates:
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437-432 BC Building date of Propylaea
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Dates:
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ca. 421 BC-ca. 405 BC Building date of Erechtheum
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Dates:
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ca. 1865-ca. 1875 Photograph date
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Style:
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Photographs
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Medium:
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albumen print
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Current Site:
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Europe: Greece; Athens
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Measurement:
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Image: 7.874 x 9.8425 in.; 20 x 25 cm
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Subjects:
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Ruins, Temples, Caryatids, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Towers
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Provenance:
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Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning
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Repository:
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Cornell University Library A.D. White Photographs Rare & Manuscript Collections Cornell University
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Image ID:
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10130001
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Resolution Size:
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6
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Format:
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SID
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Media Type:
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Image
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File Name:
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10136001.sid
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Width:
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4000
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Height:
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3201
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