Palmyra, Syria: the colonnade, with the temple of Bel (temple of the sun) in the background. Engraving by G. Malbeste and R. Daudet the younger after L.F. Cassas.

  • Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827.
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[germinal an. VI [1798]]
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2851421i
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Palmyra, Syria: the colonnade, with the temple of Bel (temple of the sun) in the background. Engraving by G. Malbeste and R. Daudet the younger after L.F. Cassas. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The temple was destroyed in 2015

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

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 43 x 93.2 cm

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Vue générale de la grande colonnade et des ruines de Palmyre. La vue est prise à l'ouest en regardant le temple du soleil. Dessiné par L.F. Cassas. Gravé à l'eau forte par Malbeste. Terminé par Daudet. Bears number: I.er v.e no. 58

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome VI, Paris 1949, p. 62, Daudet no. 47
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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Wellcome Collection 2851421i

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