Title
'Nearing Bagdad: British transport column passing the ruins of...Ctesiphon', (c1920). Creator: Unknown.
Caption
'Nearing Bagdad: British transport column passing the ruins of the ancient arch of Ctesiphon', (c1920). '...near the scene of General Townshend's costly victory on November 22, 1915'. First World War: soldiers going past the Taq Kasra or Archway of Ctesiphon, a 3rd-6th-century Sasanian-era Persian monument in Iraq. Drawn by Frédéric de Haenen. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VII, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]
Date
1915
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19F27_417
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
64,2Mb (3,6Mb) / 19,1in x 13,0in / 5744 x 3906 (300dpi)