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The flattened hilltop site of the Classical Greek city of Olynthus in Chalcidice

The flattened hilltop site of the Classical Greek city of Olynthus in Chalcidice, Macedonia, northern Greece. Originally founded by the Athenians, the city was razed to the ground by Philip II of Macedon (the father of Alexander the Great) in 348 BC, and never rebuilt. Country of Origin: Greece. Culture: Ancient Greek. Date/Period: 5th c BC-348 BC. Place of Origin: Olynthus. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ N.J. Saunders. Location: 19

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Let Me Think of the Comfortable Family Dinners. 1862, (1923). Artist: Charles Edmund Brock

Let Me Think of the Comfortable Family Dinners. 1862, (1923). Dreamthorp: a Book of Essays Written in the Country, had a running theme in an understanding that human finiteness contributes to our awareness of joy and beauty in the everyday. From Christmas, Alexander Smith's Essays, Dreamthorp. Pen and Wash Drawing, 1923. Alexander Smith (1830-1867) was a Scottish poet and essayist. From British Book Illustration - Yesterday and To-day edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd. London, 1923]. (Colorised black and white print)

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Collect Pond, New York City, 1798

Collect Pond, New York City, 1798. Attributed to Archibald Robertson. Formerly attributed to Alexander Robertson

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