Not currently on display at the V&A

Winged bull from Khorsabad (Sargon, 722-705 B.C.). Paris: Louvre

Photograph
ca. 1880s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Louvre (photographed)

A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a profile of a winged bull.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Archaeology
Object type
Photograph
TitleWinged bull from Khorsabad (Sargon, 722-705 B.C.). Paris: Louvre (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Photographic Paper
Brief description
Photograph of a sculpture of a winged bull from Khorsabad (Sargon, 722-705 B.C.). Paris: Louvre, albumen print, ca. 1880s
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a profile of a winged bull.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 26.5cm
  • Mount width: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Winged Bull from Khorsabad (Sargon, 722-705 B.C.). Paris: Louvre
  • 'Cocoa-nut cups. Modern Javanese, Sculpture Javanese "12020 TWO CARVED COCOA - NUT CUPS. - Modern Javanese. H. 7 in. (1073a, 1074) 12s."'
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Subjects depicted
Sculpture
Bulls
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1268-1929

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Record createdApril 10, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1290901/winged-bull-from-khorsabad-sargon-photograph-unknown/
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