Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, lithographer, Day & Son., publisher · London : Day and Son, Limited · leaf 85
ASSYKIAN AND PERSIAN ORNAMENT. Eich as has been the harvest gathered by Mods. Botta and Mr. Layard from the rnins of Assyrian Palaces, the monuments which they have made known to us do not appear to carry us back to any remote period of Assyrian Art. Like the monuments of Egypt, those hitherto… … it is difficult to believe that the same style could have been arrived at by two people independently of each other. The mode of representing a river, a tree, a besieged city, a group of prison- ers, a battle, a king in his chariot, are almost identical, — the differences which exist are only those…
Decoration and ornament
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