Lady Layard
London, United Kingdom
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Lady Layard, wife of the famous excavator of Assyria, Austen Henry Layard, here poses in ‘Assyrian’ jewellery. This was made for her using genuine ancient objects.
"Lady Layard" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;41;en
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