Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples

XXIV THE PROPYLAEA, ATHENS

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THIS is pure architecture; it interested me. I tried to draw it, as it looked to me; but no draughtsman—no painter, either—will ever get that wondrous warm glow which seems to come from within the walls and suffuse them with light and colour.

Illustration from Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples Reproductions of a Series of Lithographs Made by Him in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913, Together with Impressions and Notes by the Artist.