Crete Collection (#5)

Replica figurine of a Snake Goddess, 1903-06 (ceramic, pigment)
7309944 Replica figurine of a Snake Goddess, 1903-06 (ceramic, pigment); 32.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum

Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, and dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical
FLO4667492 Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, and dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Scenes from within the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield Lock
5307860 Scenes from within the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield Lock.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting scenes from within the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield Lock, Middlesex)

Greece, Chania, CR: transport of oil barrels on a cart pulled and pushed by men in a shopping street, 1908
LUX4764785 Greece, Chania, CR: transport of oil barrels on a cart pulled and pushed by men in a shopping street, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania)

Greece, Chania, CR: the port, boarding of French troops - view of the port
LUX4764805 Greece, Chania, CR: the port, boarding of French troops - view of the port and shuttles to take soldiers to the ship waiting for them offshore, 1909; (add.info.: Greece, Chania)

Greece, Theresso, Crete: military campaign of Crete, French military. The halt of the mules next to a whitewashed
LUX4764280 Greece, Theresso, Crete: military campaign of Crete, French military. The halt of the mules next to a whitewashed chapel, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Theresso)

Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete's military campaign, international shooting competition
LUX4764243 Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete's military campaign, international shooting competition, the arrival of zaizus in front of the detachments of international armies, Russian, English

Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications, sailboats and many barrels, 1908
LUX4763079 Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications, sailboats and many barrels, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications)

Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, archeological site, Knossos Palace, ancient Cretan ruins, 1908
LUX4763028 Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, archeological site, Knossos Palace, ancient Cretan ruins, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, archeological site)

Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: The Riviere Officer at Home, 1909 - Piano Bremilx
LUX4765252 Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: The Riviere Officer at Home, 1909 - Piano Bremilx; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: The Riviere Officer at Home)

Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: The Riviere Officer at Home, 1909 - Piano Bremilx
LUX4765235 Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: The Riviere Officer at Home, 1909 - Piano Bremilx; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: The Riviere Officer at Home)

Greece, Chania, CR: The port with sailing boats and steamboat. Active port, barrel cargo on wharf, 1906
LUX4765170 Greece, Chania, CR: The port with sailing boats and steamboat. Active port, barrel cargo on wharf, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, CR: The port with sailing boats and steamboat)

Greece, La Chania, Crece: Old quarter, old street pavee a degres bordered by high buildings, 1906
LUX4765060 Greece, La Chania, Crece: Old quarter, old street pavee a degres bordered by high buildings, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Crece: Old quarter)

Greece, Chania, Crete: General view, in the foreground of the horses grazing in the near, 1908
LUX4764950 Greece, Chania, Crete: General view, in the foreground of the horses grazing in the near, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, Crete: General view)

Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. The treading of the wheat. Animated scene
LUX4764664 Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. The treading of the wheat. Animated scene. Pair of oxen, yoke, windmill Cretan, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Niepili, CR)

Greece, Chania, Crete: Katotiana, animated scene, a blind walking in the street, 1908
LUX4764607 Greece, Chania, Crete: Katotiana, animated scene, a blind walking in the street, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, Crete: Katotiana, animated scene, a blind walking in the street)

Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete's military campaign, review of the Cretan militia before Zainis, 1908
LUX4764597 Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete's military campaign, review of the Cretan militia before Zainis, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete's military campaign)

Greece, Chania, CR: Crete's military campaign, a group of international army officers in ceremonial uniform
LUX4764441 Greece, Chania, CR: Crete's military campaign, a group of international army officers in ceremonial uniform interviewed in a garden, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania)

Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete Military Campaign, Italian National Feast, Games
LUX4764377 Greece, Chania, Crete: Crete Military Campaign, Italian National Feast, Games, Neapolitan Orchestra and Military Disguises as Woman, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania)

Greece, Chania, CR: military campaign of Crete, Italian national party, official stage with Italian flags
LUX4764329 Greece, Chania, CR: military campaign of Crete, Italian national party, official stage with Italian flags and Savoy coat of arms, families of officers, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania)

Greece, Crete: meeting in a Cretan cafe with French soldiers from the 122nd century, at the bottom of barrels
LUX4770706 Greece, Crete: meeting in a Cretan cafe with French soldiers from the 122nd century, at the bottom of barrels, one of which is painted with Dionysus's head, 1905; (add.info.: Greece)

Greece, La Sude, Suda, Crete: The house of the guard post built at the top of the promontory. 1908
LUX4763655 Greece, La Sude, Suda, Crete: The house of the guard post built at the top of the promontory. 1908; (add.info.: Greece, La Sude, Suda)

Greece, Crete, La Sude: Italian sector, central bastion, interior view, 1908
LUX4763336 Greece, Crete, La Sude: Italian sector, central bastion, interior view, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, La Sude: Italian sector, central bastion, interior view)

Greece, Crete: July 1909, return of French soldiers, on deck of a military ship, 1909
LUX4763137 Greece, Crete: July 1909, return of French soldiers, on deck of a military ship, 1909; (add.info.: Greece, Crete: July 1909, return of French soldiers, on deck of a military ship)

Greece, Crete, Candia: general view, part of a panorama, detruit minaret and Turkish houses, 1908
LUX4762975 Greece, Crete, Candia: general view, part of a panorama, detruit minaret and Turkish houses, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Candia: general view, part of a panorama)

Greece, Crete, Chania: evacuation of French troops July 24, 1909
LUX4762926 Greece, Crete, Chania: evacuation of French troops July 24, 1909; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Chania: evacuation of French troops July 24, 1909); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, old quarter shopping street, 1908
LUX4762901 Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, old quarter shopping street, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, old quarter shopping street, 1908); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Map of Crete, c.1900 (engraving)
533320 Map of Crete, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Crete, Greece, circa 1902, From the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

The Throne of Minos, Knossos (b/w photo)
8639174 The Throne of Minos, Knossos (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Throne of Minos, Knossos)

Pillar at Knossos, Incised with Double-Axe Symbols (b/w photo)
8639164 Pillar at Knossos, Incised with Double-Axe Symbols (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pillar at Knossos, Incised with Double-Axe Symbols)

The Bull-Baiters (colour litho)
8639161 The Bull-Baiters (colour litho) by Duncan, John (1866-1945) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bull-Baiters)

Burnished sherd decorated with incised pointille decoration and white pigment
7309992 Burnished sherd decorated with incised pointille decoration and white pigment, -600 BC (pigment - part or un-glazed ceramic); 7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Leaf-shaped Linear B tablet recording sheep, the shepherd Anthemos or Artemos, the owner of the herd
7309967 Leaf-shaped Linear B tablet recording sheep, the shepherd Anthemos or Artemos, the owner of the herd, where it is kept and how many male and female sheep it contains

Stirrup jar decorated with painted tentacle pattern, -110 BC (clay, pigment)
7309955 Stirrup jar decorated with painted tentacle pattern, -110 BC (clay, pigment); 27.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: clay, pigment)

Greece, La Chania, Crete: The Riviere officer on his canape, reads the newspaper, 1909
LUX4765283 Greece, La Chania, Crete: The Riviere officer on his canape, reads the newspaper, 1909; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Crete: The Riviere officer on his canape, reads the newspaper)

Greece, La Chania, Chania, Crete, Bouzzou-Maria: An outdoor table, tourist picnic, 1906
LUX4765267 Greece, La Chania, Chania, Crete, Bouzzou-Maria: An outdoor table, tourist picnic, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Chania, Crete, Bouzzou-Maria: An outdoor table, tourist picnic)

Greece, Chania, Crete: French Military Circle of Officers. On the wall the Map of Turkey, the Black Sea
LUX4765228 Greece, Chania, Crete: French Military Circle of Officers. On the wall the Map of Turkey, the Black Sea. Letter and Newspaper Sorting Lockers, 1908 - Officers of 122; (add.info.: Greece)

Greece, Crete, Crete, Hierapetra, Ierapetra: French sector, plain marigot, 1906
LUX4765177 Greece, Crete, Crete, Hierapetra, Ierapetra: French sector, plain marigot, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Crete, Hierapetra, Ierapetra: French sector, plain marigot)

Greece, La Chania, CR: the port, animated view with fishing boats, small transport boats and boats - On the dock
LUX4765152 Greece, La Chania, CR: the port, animated view with fishing boats, small transport boats and boats - On the dock, the French post office, 1906 - shops: Poste Francaise

Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: rue Amiral Pottier - Hairdresser's front with a merchant of the ambulant
LUX4765053 Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: rue Amiral Pottier - Hairdresser's front with a merchant of the ambulant and chechia in the foreground, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Chania)

Greece, Chania, Crete: General view taken of the reservoir. Soldier patrol. At the back of the port, 1908
LUX4765038 Greece, Chania, Crete: General view taken of the reservoir. Soldier patrol. At the back of the port, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, Crete: General view taken of the reservoir)

Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: merchant of legumes in chechia in his shop surrounded by baskets, 1908
LUX4764722 Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: merchant of legumes in chechia in his shop surrounded by baskets, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Chania)

Greece, Crete: Oriental life scene, a veiled young girl sitting at the fountain watching arrive two boys loads of
LUX4764621 Greece, Crete: Oriental life scene, a veiled young girl sitting at the fountain watching arrive two boys loads of wooden bunks, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete: Oriental life scene)

Greece, Crete: Travel of the Pillafort family, from Crete to France aboard the Baghdad, 1909 - boat: Baghdad
LUX4764587 Greece, Crete: Travel of the Pillafort family, from Crete to France aboard the Baghdad, 1909 - boat: Baghdad; (add.info.: Greece, Crete: Travel of the Pillafort family)

Greece, Crete: Scene of oriental life, on an area delimited by stones, the treading
LUX4764521 Greece, Crete: Scene of oriental life, on an area delimited by stones, the treading and the threshing of the wheat by women who tread and a man who sifted, 1908; (add.info.: Greece)

Greece, Nevkales, Crete: scene of oriental life, plowing, crew of oxen and mules for plowing
LUX4764517 Greece, Nevkales, Crete: scene of oriental life, plowing, crew of oxen and mules for plowing. Pair of oxen, yoke and wooden plow, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Nevkales)

Greece, Chania, CR: Crete Military Campaign, International Shooting Competition, Officers Restore Under Official Tent
LUX4764504 Greece, Chania, CR: Crete Military Campaign, International Shooting Competition, Officers Restore Under Official Tent, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Chania, CR: Crete Military Campaign)

Greece, Crete, CR, Crete: Crete's military campaign, maneuver of international armies, during a break
LUX4764476 Greece, Crete, CR, Crete: Crete's military campaign, maneuver of international armies, during a break, the soldiers of different contingents speak to each other

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