Iraq / Mesopotamia: Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894), archaeologist and excavator of the ancient cities of Nimrud and Niniveh, supervises the removal of a lamassu< / i> or winged bull from Nimrud, engraving,1852

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Title: Iraq / Mesopotamia: Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894), archaeologist and excavator of the ancient cities of Nimrud and Niniveh, supervises the removal of a lamassu< / i> or winged bull from Nimrud, engraving,1852

Caption: The Rt Hon Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB (5 March 1817 5 July 1894) was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Niniveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal.

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Print size: 43.2 × 26.2 cm | 2007.9 × 1218.9 in (300 dpi)

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