Layard Collection

Gilgamesh / Layard Relief
Gilgamesh, the Sumerian King of Uruk

Austen Henry Layard
AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD Archaeologist and diplomat

Royal visit to India: Prince of Wales presented with address
Royal visit to India: Mr Layard presenting to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) the address of the municipal council at Colombo, Ceylon, 1876 Date: 1876

Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). Portrait. Colored engra
Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). English traveller and politician. Engraving in The Universal History, 1892. Colored

Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). English archaeologist. Know
Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894). English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat

Iraq / Tell Afar
An engraving showing Layards camp close to Tell Afer. Recent excavations close by at Qermez Dere have revealed evidence of an early Aceramic Neolithic settlement. Date: 1849

Layard / Whitehall
MRS LAYARD Date: -

Captain Layard, aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Pennefather, KCB. Captain Layard, full-length portrait, standing next to a horse, facing left, in front of a tent. Date 1855

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captain Ellison, Colonel Wilbraham, Colonel Percy Herbert, Major Thackwell & Dr. Wood, officers of his staff

Black Stele / Shalmaneser
This obelisk of black marble was found by Layard in the centre of the mound of Nimrud, and it is now in the British Museum. The four sides depict the life of Shalmaneser III

Lecture / British Museum
A lecture in the Assyrian Gallery of the British Museum. The speaker points towards one of the massive carved Lion supports removed by Layard from excavations at Nineveh

Tail of Comet 1853
Passing Events or The Tail of the Comet of 1853. A summary of the years notable events include the bringing of Layards bulls to the British Museum

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