Etchings of bas reliefs on the walls of the Palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II in what is now Iraq. From a long time ago but not as far back as all that when you consider the fact that Sargon II died in 705 BC. 1839-1840 etchings, after Eugène Flandin.

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Door G (section 2) from the Palace of Sargon II (Khorsabad, Iraq). Volume I, plate 75 of P. E. Botta and Eugène Flandin‘s 1849-1850 book Monument De Ninive. Auguste Guillaumot, etching after Eugène Flandin. French, published in Paris by Gide et J. Baudry. Collections of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Cc0 license 3.0. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/door-g-section-2-from-the-palace-of-sargon-ii-khorsabad-iraq

Bearded man driving two horses: Bas-relief 24 from Facade n. Volume I, page 39 of P. E. Botta and Eugène Flandin‘s 1849-1850 book Monument De Ninive. P. Sellier, etching after Eugène Flandin. French, published in Paris by Gide et J. Baudry. Collections of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Cc0 license 3.0. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/bearded-man-driving-two-horses-bas-relief-24-from-facade-n

In 1839 Eugène Flandin, along with Pascal Coste, joined the embassy of the Comte de Sercey to Iran. In May of 1841 they left Isfahan and traveled extensively throughout modern day Iran and Iraq. When Flandin got back he co-wrote a book about it. What they did to get up enough money for the next expedition, the way you’d have a Patreon and a website now.

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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