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Pictures in the Land of Temples; reproductions of a series of lithographs made in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913; (1915)

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia, Lippincott · leaf 112

An illustration from Pictures in the Land of Temples; reproductions of a series of lithographs made in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913;, 1915, leaf 112
shows howimposing the whole must have been. In making thislithograph I could not help noting—though I did not putthem in—the endless races that mounted ; and although thecostume of each group changed, and often the nationalityand language, there was almost always someone amongstthem who could read… … XXIDOWN FROM THE ACROPOLIS XXI DOWN FROM THE ACROPOLIS BETWEEN Athens, the pavement of the Temple ofNike, and the roof of the Temple of Theseus, thereis a great gulf fixed, and this gives an amazing idea of heightand depth ; and beyond, stretching to the mountains, withthe feeling of the sea beyond…

Temples · Greece -- Description and travel

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