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Henry James
Stonehenge: Centre Trilithon (A) and Altar Stone
[Stonehenge]
1867
Albumen silver print
23.6 × 19.3 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/8 ins)
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 84.XB.763.13.1
LL/94226
(Recto, mount) lower center, imprinted black text: "STONEHENGE. / CENTRE TRILITHON (A) AND ALTAR STONE UNDER THE LEFT UPRIGHT AND CAPSTONE OF THE TRILITHON. / Photographed by the Ordinance Survey Department, Colonel Sir Henry James R.E: F.R.S: &c. Director. / 1867.";
Sir Henry James, wearing a frock coat and top hat, sits on top of a fallen megalith. To his right stands a trilithon stone, leaning on an angle. In front of him is the Altar Stone. Behind him leans a soldier who is writing in a book on top of the megalith.
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