Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum: Being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Art Preserved There |
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... Frieze 1. Slabs from the Eastern side 2. Slabs from the Northern side 3. Slabs from the Western side 4. Slabs from the Southern side II . Frieze from the Temple of Niké Apteros III . The Sigean Bas - relief IV . Casts from the Theseion ...
... Frieze 1. Slabs from the Eastern side 2. Slabs from the Northern side 3. Slabs from the Western side 4. Slabs from the Southern side II . Frieze from the Temple of Niké Apteros III . The Sigean Bas - relief IV . Casts from the Theseion ...
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... Frieze which has been preserved is ninety - six feet , nearly the whole of which was found among the ruins of the Temple . One portion of the Frieze was obtained subsequently by Mr. Stanhope , and presented by him to the Museum , and ...
... Frieze which has been preserved is ninety - six feet , nearly the whole of which was found among the ruins of the Temple . One portion of the Frieze was obtained subsequently by Mr. Stanhope , and presented by him to the Museum , and ...
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... frieze of the posticum of the Temple of Theseus . On the right of the slab are two figures , one of a Lapith , who has seized the head of one of the Centaurs by the hair ; the other , a female , who is escaping from the fray . The Fifth ...
... frieze of the posticum of the Temple of Theseus . On the right of the slab are two figures , one of a Lapith , who has seized the head of one of the Centaurs by the hair ; the other , a female , who is escaping from the fray . The Fifth ...
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... frieze . The Seventeenth represents a Greek in the act of unhorsing an Amazon , by dragging her from her horse by main force . To the right is another Amazon with her shield raised , defending herself from some enemy who is not ...
... frieze . The Seventeenth represents a Greek in the act of unhorsing an Amazon , by dragging her from her horse by main force . To the right is another Amazon with her shield raised , defending herself from some enemy who is not ...
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... dying friend , and on the left another , who is apparently interceding with one of her comrades for a Greek who has fallen wounded on the ground . Besides the Sculptures of the Frieze which we have just. 23 . PHIGALEIAN SALOON . 29.
... dying friend , and on the left another , who is apparently interceding with one of her comrades for a Greek who has fallen wounded on the ground . Besides the Sculptures of the Frieze which we have just. 23 . PHIGALEIAN SALOON . 29.
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Acropolis altar Amazon ancient animals Apollo appears arranged artists Athenian Athens bas-relief bearing belonged body bronze bust called Carrey's drawing casts Centaur character chariot collection colour columns combat containing decorated Deities described Dionysus Divinities drapery Egyptian Elgin Room Engr executed Fcap feet female figure flourish fragment frieze front Gavin Hamilton Goddess Greek ground hair head helmet Heracles Hieroglyphics holding horses Hygieia Ibid inscribed inscription King Lapith left hand lion Lycian male figure Metopes monument mummy Museum Marbles originally ornament Osiris painted Parthenon pediment period Persian PHEIDIAS placed portion Post 8vo Praxiteles preserved probably Rameses Rameses II relief remains remarkable repre representation represented resemblance right hand Roman sarcophagus satyr scene sculptures seated Second Edition sepulchral shield Sicyon side Sir Charles Fellows slab specimens standing statuary statue stele style tablet Temple Theseus tomb vases Victory Vols walls warrior Woodcuts workmanship Xanthus Zeus
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