2-634-408 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Ruins, Virginia Water, Windsor', c1917. In 1861 Colonel Hanmer Warrington Consul General in Tripoli persuaded the local Governor to allow the export of some columns and artefacts from Leptis Magna to Britain. The columns and stones that were transported to Windsor are from several different buildings in the ancient city, reportedly 'the principal basilica, an arcade and several minor palaces'. From 1817 the artefacts were on display at the British museum, in 1826 a decision was made to transfer the stones to Windsor Great Park, where they now reside. [Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee And London, c1917]