Not on display

Assyrian statue of Ishtar from Kuyunjik, ca. 1080 B.C. London, British Museum

Photograph
ca. 1920s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
British Museum (photographed)

A sepia-toned mounted photograph (print?) of a front and rear view of stone statue of a female torso.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Archaeology
Object type
Photograph
TitleAssyrian statue of Ishtar from Kuyunjik, ca. 1080 B.C. London, British Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print?
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of Assyrian statue of Ishtar from Kuyunjik, ca. 1080 B.C. London, British Museum, gelatin silver print (?), ca. 1920s
Physical description
A sepia-toned mounted photograph (print?) of a front and rear view of stone statue of a female torso.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 33cm
  • Mount width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Astharoth (Ishtar). Statue from Kuyunjik. Assyrian, C. 1080 B.C. London, British Museum, Reverse side: See Hall (H.R.): Babylonian + Assyrian Sculpture in thh British Museum, 1928, Plate 11."
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Subjects depicted
Sculptures
Women
Torsos
Places depicted
British Museum
Assyria
Other number
ME 124963 - British Museum number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
2211-1930

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Record createdApril 14, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1290967/assyrian-statue-of-ishtar-from-photograph-unknown/
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