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[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. E. H. C. Herbert, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

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[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. E. H. C. Herbert, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Adele, of Vienna. 'The bodies of the three English gentlemen - Mr. Edward Herbert, Mr. Frederick Vyner, and Mr. Edward Lloyd - who were murdered, with Count de Boyl, by the brigands of Attica, on the 21st April, ten days after their capture near Marathon,...were found and brought to Athens...Mr. Edward Henry Charles Herbert...was born in September, 1837, was educated at Eton and Balliol, and had been ten years in the diplomatic service, at Vienna, Lisbon, Constantinople, and Athens, besides a year's administrative employment in the West Indies. He was the author of an able report on the finances of the Greek kingdom, and of some translations of modem Greek poetry...[He was] greatly beloved and esteemed for the virtues of [his] personal character, which were shown to all the world in [his] brave and generous behaviour while in the hands of the Greek brigands'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A49_118

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58,5Mo (2,7Mo) / 34,9cm x 42,0cm / 4121 x 4960 (300dpi)

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