Anderson, Ousterhout, Palmyra 1885: The Wolfe Expedition and John Henry Haynes (2016)
[Bibliography]

Anderson, Ousterhout, Palmyra 1885: The Wolfe Expedition and John Henry Haynes (2016)

PALMYRA (April) 1885, by Benjamin Anderson and Robert G. Ousterhout, is the first published record of the five fruitful days that father of American archaeological photography, John Henry Haynes (1849–1910), spent in Syria's ancient desert city – a key stop on the Silk Road, known as ‘the Pearl of the Desert’. This is an extraordinary portrait of Palmyra, lavishly illustrated with 85 black & white photographs and colour plates, including some 80 images that have never before been published. Contents: Introduction; The Photographer; The Wolfe Expedition; Palmyra and its Desert Queen; The Topography of Palmyra; Beasts, Men and Stones: Palmyra in Photography and Imagination; The Wolfe Expedition in Palmyra. Firm paperback, 128 pages.