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The Art journal (1849)

London : George Virtue · leaf 321

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Government grants, Mr. Layard had but his undaunted love of of history and ancient manners, that it is not too much to demand for science to aid him in his Herculean task — no less a one than that of re.sus- those who have prosecuted them, a full share of the honours awarded to all citating the… … indebted for a clue to the power of interpreting the arrow-headed inscrip¬ tions, which, by the aid of himself and other European scholars, bid fair to action of life has been rendered by these early artists, has produced a total be as clearly understood as the hieroglyphic writing of ancient…

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