Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist Otago View of Coopers' Hall

View of Coopers' Hall

Head and shoulders portrait of Leslie wearing an open coat

and all but ready to throw away India

Both men are wearing frock coats and cravats

St Martin's Lane in London's West End

Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist Otago View of Coopers' HallHormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist, 1881. Rassam (1826 1910) was born in Mosul, in modern Iraq. In 1845 1847 he assisted the British archaeologist AH Layard in his first expedition to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. Rassam then studied at Oxford before being sent by the trustees of the British Museum to assist Layard on his second Assyrian expedition of 1849 1851. He subsequently continued work on various Assyrian sites, making numerous