Gigantic Head Cut in the Solid Rock, Lately Discovered near Smyrna at the Entrance of a Cave, 1866

Not on View

portfolio Title

The Seven Churches of Asia

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 21.9 × 27 cm (8 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of the Richard King Mellon Foundation

Accession Number

2018.7.42

Artists / Makers

Alexander Svoboda (artist) Russian, 1826 - 1896

Image Use

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Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, across top in graphite: 11 Series of the Seven Churches of Asia / Smyrna-- / (gigantic head cut in the solid rock / lately discovered near Smyrna / at the entrance of a Cave--

Provenance

(Marc Pagneux, Paris); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 1996; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Isaacs, Charles, Mr.