King hunting the lion (from Nimroud) [Calah].

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494804

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Title

King hunting the lion (from Nimroud) [Calah].

Collection

The monuments of Nineveh, from drawings made on the spot. By Austen Henry Layard, Esq., D.C.L. Illustrated in one hundred plates.

Names

Layard, Austen Henry, Sir (1817-1894) (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1849
Place: London
Publisher: J. Murray

Library Location

General Research Division
Shelf locator: *OCM+++ (Layard, A. H. Monuments of Nineveh)

Subjects

Chariots
Bows (Archery)
Bas-reliefs
British Museum
Lion hunting -- Assyria
Calah (Extinct city)
kings -- Assyria

Genres

Prints
Illustrations

Physical Description

Chromolithographs
Extent: 38 x 56 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 5227658
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14308486
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ec53870-c6cb-012f-22bd-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1849

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "King hunting the lion (from Nimroud) [Calah]." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ec53870-c6cb-012f-22bd-58d385a7bc34

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1849). King hunting the lion (from Nimroud) [Calah]. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ec53870-c6cb-012f-22bd-58d385a7bc34

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "King hunting the lion (from Nimroud) [Calah]." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ec53870-c6cb-012f-22bd-58d385a7bc34

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