William Sachtleben, Thomas Allen and a Greek guard in front of the Parthenon, Athens, 1891

Item Overview

Title

William Sachtleben, Thomas Allen and a Greek guard in front of the Parthenon, Athens, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

March 13, 1891

Date

1891-03-13

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

William Sachtleben between 2 Humber bicycles (center), with Thomas Allen seated on a block of marble (R) and a Greek guard in a landscape strewn with column drums and other architectural debris in front of the south side of the Parthenon.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 23. March 13, 1891. Among the prostrate columns of the Parthenon.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 23

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Sachtleben, William Lewis
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Allen, Thomas Gaskell

Location

Greece--Athens

Longitude

37.971305

Latitude

23.726826

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Greek temples -- Greece -- Athens
Guards -- Greece -- Athens
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring -- Greece