Caption

Palace of Knossos, photograph, annotation: '50. Crete, palace of Cnossos.', unknown, c. 1895 - c. 1915, photographer, pasteboard, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 155 mm x width 226 mm, height 239 mm x width 328 mm, Crete, Knossós, A wide sepia-toned scene of an archaeological site with broad stone terraces and stepped platforms leading up to a higher level where a group of people stand and sit; scattered stone blocks and rubble lie in the foreground and along a sunken trench with wooden beams, while low stone walls and roughly hewn blocks form retaining structures across the site; a hillside with sparse vegetation rises in the background under a pale sky, and a wooden scaffold-like structure stands near the right edge of the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A76_309

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Rights managed

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34.1Mb (6.4Mb) / 13.5in x 9.8in / 4041 x 2947 (300dpi)

Keywords

Palace Knossos photograph annotation 50 Crete palace Cnossos unknown c 1895 - c 1915 photographer pasteboard paper daylight gelatin silver print height 155 mm x width 226 mm height 239 mm x 328 mm Knossós wide sepia-toned scene archaeological site broad stone terraces stepped platforms leading up higher level group people stand sit scattered stone blocks rubble lie foreground sunken trench wooden beams low stone walls roughly hewn blocks form retaining structures across site hillside sparse vegetation rises background under pale sky wooden scaffold- structure stands near right edge image