Erechtheum on the Acropolis of Athens
Summary
The Erechtheion on the Acropolis of Athens (c. 1805), soon after the looting (1801) of a Caryatid by the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and the replacement of the Caryatid by the Turks with the depicted brick column.
Tags
Date
1805
Source
Views in Greece (Rodwell and Martin: London 1821) p. 39
Copyright info
public domain