Aphrodisias, Turkey: remains of the temple of Aphrodite (Venus). Lithograph after A. F. Lemaître after Ch. Texier, 1865.

  • Texier, Charles, 1802-1871.
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[1865?]
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2155764i
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Ruins of the temple of Aphrodite (Venus) are shown with its surviving Doric columns and two local visitors. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria, situated near the later village of Geyre, in Aydin, Turkey. It possessed a unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias

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London : Day & Son lithographers to the Queen, [1865?]

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1 print : lithograph ; image 17.5 x 26.6 cm

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Aphrodisias. View of the temple of Venus. Ch. Texier del.t ; A.F. Lemaitre sculp.t Bears number: Pl. 26

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Wellcome Collection 2155764i

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The etching for the present plate may have been made for Ch. Texier, Description de l'Asie mineure ... beaux-arts, monuments historiques, plans et topographie des cités antiques, par Charles Texier ... gravure de Lemaître..., Paris: Firmin-Didot frères, 1839-1849

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