M0004425: Drawing of lowering of The Great Winged Bull from the Ninevah expedition, 1845

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Lowering of The Great Winged Bull from the Ninevah expedition

A reproduction of a photograph of a drawing depicting the lowering of The Great Winged Bull from the Ninevah expedition by Sir Henry Layards from 1845. Men can be seen surrounding it with various ropes and pully systems to package the artefact.

13 November 1935

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.