File:Acropolis Museum.jpg

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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000429

Page Title: Acropolis Museum

Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection

Album: Volume 3: Athens.

Call no.: 4098B.104 v3 (p. 46)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Genre: Scrapbooks; Albumen prints

Extent: 1 photographic print mounted on page : albumen ; page 33 x 39 cm.

Description: Scrapbook page contains one photograph showing a sculpture of a man-serpent, annotated with the museum's descriptive and historical information about the artwork.

Transcription: "Monstre en tuf ayant trois corps, probablement le géant Typhon don’t la partie supéricure du corps est d'un homme et la partie inférieure d'un serpent. C'est un des monuments des plus curieux et des plus importants du Musée. Il semble qu' on doive en fixer la date au VIIe siecle av J.C. Ce groupe a èté decouvert au sud du Parthenon dans les fouilles de 1888." Musée de l' Acropole.

Notes: Page description supplied by cataloger, derived from captions and/or annotated information.; Caption on image: 35

BPL Department: Print Department

Rights: No known restrictions.


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  • Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: Boston Public Library Boston Public Library
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March 12—March 29, 1893

  • Flickr upload date: 2010-03-03 11:01:29
Source Flickr: Acropolis Museum
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William Vaughn Tupper

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