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Description: | Photograph entitled �The Erectheum�, taken by Claudius Galen Wheelhouse, c. 1849. The Erectheum, or Erechtheum, is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece. In 1849-1850 while accompanying Lord Lincoln's yachting party as official surgeon, Wheelhouse made calotypes of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. He took photographs in Spain, Portugal, Egypt, Palestine, and Greece where he photographed views of Athens and the Acropolis. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | albumen print photograph | Temporal: | c. 1849 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Wheelhouse, Claudius Galen (1826-1909) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/22544/21 | Go to resource |
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