The Rhodes Colossus
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The Rhodes Colossus is an editorial cartoon illustrated by the English cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne & Mads and published by Punch magazine in 1892. It depicts the English business magnate Cecil
The Colossus of Rhodes, in the 1572 Octo Mundi Miracula, the earliest known representation of the Colossus in modern times.
Colossus of Rhodes
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The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Anc
The Rhodes Colossus
…reference to his desire to build a "Cape to Cairo" rail and telegraph line connecting most of the British colonies in Africa. It is a visual pun on the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Rhodes Colossus was drawn by the English cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, and first appeared in…
Colossus of Rhodes, artist's conception, 1880
Artist's conception from the Grolier Society's 1911 Book of Knowledge
Rhodes Didrachm (305–275 BC) showing the Sun God Helios on obverse and rose with rose bud and grape cluster on the reverse.