Gertrude Bell Plaque - Red Barns by Philip Webb for the Bell family - Coatham, Redcar : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Gertrude Bell Plaque - Red Barns by Philip Webb for the Bell family - Coatham, Redcar / Bolckow
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | ‘Few such moments of exhilaration can come as that which stands at the threshold of wild travel. The gates of the enclosed garden are thrown open, the chain at the entrance of the sanctuary is lowered, with a wary glance to right and left you step forth, and, behold! the immeasurable world.’Gertrude BellGertrude Bell - daughter of the industrialist Thomas Hugh Bell. She was born at Washington New Hall, the home of her grand-father Isaac Lowthian Bell on the 14th July 1868. She was the first women to gain a double first at Oxford, a distinguished Servant of the State, Oriental Secretary, scholar, linguist, climber, historian, archaeologist, explorer, poet and gardener friend of T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) and A Friend of the Arabs . She founded with King Faizal the National Museum of Iraq and was its first Director, she died in Baghdad 12th July 1926." Some of her archaeological specimens can be seen in the Dorman Museum, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough and her collection of many thousands of photographs, many of which she developed herself and her letters are housed in the Robinson Library, at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| 撮影日 | 2008-02-05 16:52:43 |
| 撮影者 | Bolckow , Middlesbrough, England |
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| 撮影地 | Redcar, England, United Kingdom 地図 |