Sujet

View of Damascus from the Hill of Salahiyeh - from a drawing by E. Harker, 1860. Creator: Smyth.

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View of Damascus from the Hill of Salahiyeh - from a drawing by E. Harker, 1860. Damascus '...is one of the most beautiful and striking prospects in the world, and, gazing from this point upon the splendid city enwrapped in its verdant robe, we can appreciate the feelings of the prophet, who, as he turned from its fascinations to seek the parched sands and burning rocks of his native Arabia, pronounced Damascus to be "too delicious" for man's abode. Man, he said, could have but one paradise, and he was wise who sought not his heaven upon earth'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23B08_198

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

64,2Mo (4,9Mo) / 47,8cm x 33,7cm / 5642 x 3978 (300dpi)

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