Odeon of Herodes Atticus from the outside, Athens, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- Odeon of Herodes Atticus from the outside, Athens, 1891
- Photographer
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Date Created
- February 26, 1891
- Date
- 1891-02-26
- 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.
View of the wall of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus from the outside. A bicycle is parked in the center (probably William Sachtleben's bicycle) near three unidentified men. - Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: No. 30. Feb. 26, 1891. The ruins of the theater of Herodes Atticus, a royal patron of Athens. This ruin is popularly known as the Odeion. It seated 3000 spectators and dates from the Roman times.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Greece)
- Location
- Greece--Athens
- Longitude
- 37.970523
- Latitude
- 23.724546
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Amphitheaters -- Greece -- Athens
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0214
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfnv7
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.