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The image shows a rocky hilltop with people engaged in conversation or resting. In the background, there are mountains and a town with various buildings. The color palette is primarily in sepia tones.
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The image shows a rocky hilltop with people engaged in conversation or resting. In the background, there are mountains and a town with various buildings. The color palette is primarily in sepia tones.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Areopagus

James Robertson

Date
1857
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.2 × 29.6 cm (9 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2012.137.17
Credit line
Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • albumen silver print
  • Acropolis
  • Athens
  • landscape
Provenance

Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1995; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

on image, by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 54; on verso, lower center in graphite: Areopagus - Athens; bottom right in graphite: 95.5195

NGA object ID 155352. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.