Erechtheion, Athens, Greece mb-artist Alexander_Pope View of the Mercers' Company

View of the Mercers' Company Hall and chapel

Plate 9 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario

van (1599-1641)

had been presented to the Archbishop at Lambeth Palace

Erechtheion, Athens, Greece mb-artist Alexander_Pope View of the Mercers' CompanyErechtheion, Athens, Greece, c1924. The Erechtheion is an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens in Greece, that was built in honour of the legendary King Erechtheus. The temple as seen today was built between 421 407 BC, and its architect may have been Mnesicles. On the north side, there is a large porch with columns, and on the south, the famous 'Porch of the Maidens', with six draped female figures known as caryatids (meaning: 'Maidens of