Title

'The Mother Goddess Ishtar', 1916. Artist: Evelyn Paul

Caption

'The Mother Goddess Ishtar', 1916. Ishtar was the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love and war. Illustration from Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria by Lewis Spence, 1916.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1908

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D78_299

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,3Mb (2,1Mb) / 10,1in x 15,4in / 3038 x 4632 (300dpi)

Keywords

standing holding religious bird birds religion color colour deity God location century veil crown mythology goddess 1910s 20th century Assyria Assyrian Babylonia Babylonian Ishtar Mesopotamia Mesopotamian portrait Spence Lewis Historica Graphica Collection Evelyn Paul Lewis Spence James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence Paul Evelyn Lewis Spence portrait