Title

'Troy Town', 1498-1515, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

Caption

'Troy Town', 1498-1515, (1843). Scene showing the rebuilding of the city by its legendary king, Priam, after it had been sacked by Hercules. Beneath the right-hand side of gate is a chemist or apothecary weighing out his drugs, while another pounds them in a mortar. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1843

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C11_494

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (3,7Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3409 x 5116 (300dpi)

Keywords

city job shopping town shop shops construction construction site occupation crane cranes color colour medieval rope gateway gate location century profession mythology winch pulley apothecary 19th century mediaeval Middle Ages Greek mythology Troy nineteenth century rebuilding 15th century Ancient city The Print Collector fifteenth century King Priam Priam manuscript Henry Shaw H Henry Shaw Henry Shaw Shaw Henry Shaw H Henry Shaw manuscript