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The Elgin marbles from the Temple of Minerva at Athens : on sixty-one plates, selected from "Stuart's and Revett's Antiquities of Athens" : to which are added, The Report from the Select Committee to the House of Commons respecting the Earl of Elgin's collection of sculptured marbles, and an historical account of the temple

Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804. Antiquities of Athens, Stuart, James, 1713-1788. Antiquities of Athens · 1816 · London : Printed by J. Moyes for J. Taylor · 17 pictures

An 1816 London publication printed by J. Moyes for J. Taylor, reproducing sixty-one plates of sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens, drawn from Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of Athens and framed for architects, sculptors and antiquarians. The pictures are plain engraved and pencil plates on cream paper showing horses and riders in friezes, with restrained tonal shading and empty margins that a designer could use as a reference for classical relief composition and procession rhythm.

Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841 · Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Elgin marbles · Architecture

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