Title

Ruins of Thebes', 1890.

Caption

'Ruins of Thebes', 1890. Thebes, largest city of ancient region of Boeotia dated to Mycenaean times (1600-1100 BC), allied with Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_062

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,3Mb (4,0Mb) / 19,0in x 12,8in / 5691 x 3829 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving landscape weather exterior outdoors city cloud clouds arts night mountain mountains country evening book geography ruins ruin ancient Greek Greece location century literature concept ruined time of day B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W Ancient Greece Mycenae Ancient Greek nineteenth century Thebes history historic Ancient city The Print Collector 5th century BC geographical feature Mycenaean TGN illustration outside engraving landscape Unknown Cassells Xerxes I Ahaseurus Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Boetia Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Boetian Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Early and Greek History