The Assyrian monarch returning from battle as sculptured on the walls of the Royal palace at Nineveh
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1619801
Item data
Title
The Assyrian monarch returning from battle as sculptured on the walls of the Royal palace at Nineveh
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Assyria
Names
Holcomb (Wood engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1859
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Assyrians
Decoration and ornament -- Animal forms
Harnesses
Clothing & dress -- Assyria
reliefs -- Assyria
Lancers -- Assyria
Arms & armament -- Assyria
Nineveh (Extinct city)
Decoration and ornament -- Assyria
Military personnel -- Assyrian -- Assyria
Palms
Umbrellas
Fish
Chariots
Kings
Horses
Genres
Notes
Source Note: From The Eastern, or Old World : embracing ancient and modern history. (New York : American subscription pub. house, 1859) Brownell, Henry Howard (1820-1872), Author.
Date: Copyright date: 1855.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 14.7 x 22.7 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b6bee7c0-c5bd-012f-d77d-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1859
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Assyrian monarch returning from battle as sculptured on the walls of the Royal palace at Nineveh" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6bee7c0-c5bd-012f-d77d-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1859). The Assyrian monarch returning from battle as sculptured on the walls of the Royal palace at Nineveh Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6bee7c0-c5bd-012f-d77d-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Assyrian monarch returning from battle as sculptured on the walls of the Royal palace at Nineveh" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6bee7c0-c5bd-012f-d77d-58d385a7bc34
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