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Call Number:

PH-00561

Collection Name:

The Acropolis of Athens, Illustrated Picturesquely and Architecturally in Photography

Creator:

Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)

No. of Items:

26 photographs in 1 album

Span Dates:

1870

Description:

Photographically illustrated book, titled The Acropolis of Athens, Illustrated Picturesquely and Architecturally in Photography (London: F. S. Ellis, 1870), containing 26 photographs by journalist and photographer William James Stillman (American, 1828-1901). The album, which was "Printed by the Autotype company," includes a mounted photograph on the title page followed by 25 plates with descriptive letterpress on the opposite page of each plate.

Location(s):

f NA 280 S8 HRC-P (964:0983:0001-0026)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	[Ancient Gate of the Acropolis.]
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Accession Number	964:0983:0001

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 1. View of Acropolis, from the Musæm Hill. A portion of modern Athens, is visible at the left; at the right is seen the course of the Ilissus, and the remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter, beyond which rises Mount Hymettus. The view is eastward.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 19.2 x 23.8 cm; 7 3/5 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0002

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 2. The Acropolis, with the theatre of Bacchus. View taken from the proscenium of the theatre. The architrave of the Parthenon is seen above the fortification wall.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 19.2 x 24 cm; 7 3/5 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0003

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 3. View of the Acropolis from the north, with the Turkinsh town at the foot of the hill. At the extremem right is the Mars Hill. The grotto of Pan will be seen at the right of the Acropolis, and nearly under the square tower.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 19 x 24 cm; 7 1/2 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0004

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 4. The Acropolis, from the hill above the Ilissus, looking north-west. At the right are the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter, and at the extreme left of the Musæum Hill, with the monument of Philopappus.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18 x 23.8 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0005

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 5. View taken from the tower of the Cathedral, looking south-west. Mars Hill is seen to the right of the Acropolis.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18 x 23.8 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0006

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 6. The western façade of the Propylæa, with the Temple of Victory and the ancient steps. At the extreme right is the Parthenon; at the left of the detatched mass is the pedestal of the statue of Agrippa. The square tower which rises above the Temple o
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.3 x 24.2 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 1/2 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0007

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 7. Eastern façade of the Temple of Victory. This temple was entirely destroyed during the Turkish occupation of Athens, and its stones, carefully collected from the walls, where they had been used as building material, were placed in their original po
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 23.7 x 18.4 cm; 9 3/10 x 7 1/5 in; page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0008

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 8. The eastern façade of the Propylæa. The island and bay of Salamis are seen through the central intercolumniations, and through those at the left the port of Peiræus.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.4 x 24 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0009

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 9. Western façade of the Parthenon. At the right is Hymettus, at the left the summit of Lycabetus is seen, and at the extreme left is the Erectheum. The debris in the foreground are architectural and sculptural fragments.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.2 x 23.7 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 3/10 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0010

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 10. Western portico of the Parthenon. The names scratched on the columns are of the Philhellenes, who fought here in the war of Greek independence.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 24 x 18.9 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 2/5 in; page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0011

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 11. Interior of the Parthenon, taken from the western gate. The circular grooves are those in which the bronze valves swung.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.1 x 22.9 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0012

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 12. Western portico of the Parthenon, from above, showing the frieze in its original position, the only portion which remains so.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.7 x 23.2 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 1/10 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0013

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 13. View taken from the same point as No. 12, and looking eastward over the ruin of the Parthenon. Modern Athens is seen at the left, and above it, in the centre, Lycabetus; at the right Hymettus, and in the extreme distance, Pentelicus.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.9 x 23.8 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0014

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 14. Interior of the Parthenon, from the eastern end; at the left, in the distance, is seen the island of Ægina.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.6 x 23.7 cm; 7 3/10 x 9 3/10 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0015

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 15. Eastern portico of the Parthenon, view looking northward, and showing Mount Parnes in the extreme distance.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 24.2 x 18.9 cm; 9 1/2 x 7 2/5 in (arched top); page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0016

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 16. Eastern façade, or front, of the Parthenon.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.8 x 23.6 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 3/10 in (arched top); page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0017

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 17. Profile of the eastern façade, showing the curvature of the stylobate. This system of curvatures of the Greek temples (which will also be seen in No. 12), with regard to which so much discussion has taken place, seems, taken in connection with the
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.2 x 23.5 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 3/10 in (arched top); page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0018

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 18. General view of the summit of the Acropolis, from the extreme easter point, showing the Erectheum at the right, and in the distance, at the left, the Egean. The Parthenon occupies the centre.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 17.9 x 24.3 cm; 7 x 9 3/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0019

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 19. Eastern façade of the Erectheum. The centre is the portico of Minerva Polias, at the left the tribune of the Caryatids, and at the right the portico of the Pandrosium.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.9 x 23.9 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 2/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0020

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 20. Portico of the Pandrosium, from the north.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 23.7 x 19 cm; 9 3/10 x 7 1/2 in; page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0021

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 21. Gate of the Pandrosium, showing details of the ornament.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 23.9 x 18.6 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 3/10 in; page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0022

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 22. Western flank of the Erectheum.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 17.4 x 23.3 cm; 6 9/10 x 9 1/5 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0023

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 23. Tribune of the Caryatids (supposed to be the monument of Cecrops).
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 23.8 x 18.4 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 1/5 in (arched top); page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0024

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 24. Figure of Victory, from the Temple of Victory; high relief.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 23.6 x 18.2 cm; 9 3/10 x 7 1/5 in; page: 53.2 x 37 cm; 20 9/10 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0025

Artist/Maker	Stillman, William James (1828 - 1901)
Title	No. 25. Fragment of frieze from the Parthenon.
Date	1870
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	image: 18.8 x 23.7 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 3/10 in; page: 37 x 53.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 20 9/10 in
Accession Number	964:0983:0026

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