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Stonehenge, View From South West
View of Stonehenge in Wiltshire taken by the
Ordnance Survey under the supervision of Colonel Sir Henry James.
It is one of eight photographs of the monument illustrating Colonel
James' 1867 book 'Stonehenge, Turusachan and Cromlechs' and was
published as plate 10. In his accompanying text, James refers to
the Classical Greek historians Hecateus and Diodorus Siculus. They
wrote of an island, “in…
Creator
- Photographer : Ordnance Survey Department, under Colonel Sir Henry James
Subject
- Stonehenge
- Wiltshire
- England
- Solar temples
- Lunar temples
- Prehistoric
- Cromlechs
- Dolmens
- Trilithons
- Standing stones
- …
Type of item
- Still Image
- Photograph
- Photograph
- Photograph
Date
- 1867
- 1867
Medium
- Photographic print
- Photographic print
Creator
- Photographer : Ordnance Survey Department, under Colonel Sir Henry James
Subject
- Stonehenge
- Wiltshire
- England
- Solar temples
- Lunar temples
- Prehistoric
- Cromlechs
- Dolmens
- Trilithons
- Standing stones
- …
Type of item
- Still Image
- Photograph
- Photograph
- Photograph
Date
- 1867
- 1867
Medium
- Photographic print
- Photographic print
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Creation date
- http://semium.org/time/18xx
Places
- 412500 , 142500
- Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Identifier
- 006ZZZ0010351I2U00007000
- 10351.i.2
- http://data.europeana.eu/item/92037/_http___www_bl_uk_onlinegallery_onlineex_earlyphotos_s_zoomify53674_html
Extent
- 22.9
- 18.5
- Centimetres
Format
- jpeg
Is part of
- Early photographically illustrated books. Collect Britain
Year
- 1867
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-12-09T11:51:51.296Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-12-09T11:51:51.296Z