Palmyra, Syria: west door of the temple of Bel (temple of the sun). Engraving by J.B. Reville and P.G. Berthault after L.F. Cassas.

  • Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827.
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[germinal an. VI [1798]]
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2851402i
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Palmyra, Syria: west door of the temple of Bel (temple of the sun). Engraving by J.B. Reville and P.G. Berthault after L.F. Cassas. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Paris] : [Imprimerie de la République], [germinal an. VI [1798]]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 44.6 x 28.4 cm

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Porte du temple du soleil , à Palmyre. Position irreguliere de cette porte, placée sur la face latérale du peristyle, qui regarde le couchant, et dont elle n'occupe pas le milieu. Dessiné par L.F. Cassas. Gravé à l'eau forte par Reville. Terminé par Berthault. Bears number: P.er v.e no. 45

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome II, Paris 1933, p. 414, Berthault no. 331 (two states)
William Schupbach, 'Witness to Palmyra: Louis François Cassas', Wellcome Library blog, 18 April 2016 https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210312210813/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2016/04/witness-to-palmyra-louis-francois-cassas/

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