William Sachtleben at the Stoa of the Giants in the Agora, Athens, 1891

Item Overview

Title

William Sachtleben at the Stoa of the Giants in the Agora, Athens, 1891

Date Created

January 28, 1891

Date

1891-01-28

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

The center of the Agora was open until a theater was built there, called the Odeion of Agrippa. It was destroyed by fire in A.D. 267 and in about A.D. 400 the Stoa of the Giants (also known at the Palace of the Giants or the Gymnasium) was built using the colossal Giant and Triton statues from the debris of the Odeion of Agrippa on its north side.
Photograph of William Lewis Sachtleben at the Stoa of the Giants in the Agora in Athens, in front of one of the colossal figures of Giants and Tritons on pedestals. Sachtleben stands next to his bicycle and three men in the foreground on the left. Stone rubble is in the foreground and a high stone wall is in the background beyond which two or three buildings can be seen.
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. 4. Jan. 28, 1891. One of the statues in the Stoa of the Giants called Atlantis.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Greece--Athens

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bicycle touring -- Greece
Agora (Athens, Greece)