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Description: | Marble sculpture (artist unspecified) of the Laocoon legend on display at the reconstructed Crystal Palace exhibition hall in Sydenham Hill. Laocoon, a Trojan priest, warned his people against bringing the Wooden Horse through the city walls into Troy. Poseidon, who favoured the Greeks, sent two enormous snakes to crush Laocoon and his two sons to death. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | The Photographic Institution | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Art Sculpture Leisure And The Arts Architecture Faith and Religion Ancient World Attractions People And Society Natural World Trade And Economics Industry | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Delamotte, Philip Henry (1820 - 1889) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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