Guard of the ruins of the Stoa of Attalos (Attalus) with his daughter and another child, Athens 1891

Item Overview

Title

Guard of the ruins of the Stoa of Attalos (Attalus) with his daughter and another child, Athens 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

February 24, 1891

Date

1891-02-24

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

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. 11. Feb. 24, 1891. The guard or keeper of the ruins of the Stoa of Attalos basking in the sun. His lovely Grecian daughter above basking in the sun.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Stoa of Attalos (Athens, Greece)

Location

Greece--Athens

Longitude

37.97517

Latitude

23.724166

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Guards -- Greece -- Athens
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Children -- Greece -- Athens
Agora (Athens, Greece)