Engravings from the Ancient Marbles in the British Museum, Volume 71835 |
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Acropolis admiration adversary animation artist ascertained Athens beautiful BIBL METOPE body British Museum building Burrow Carrey's drawing Chap Chevalier Brönstedt chlamys Christian combatants composition contest Corbould del decorations deposited destruction drapery drawings of Carrey eastern pediment edifice elegance Elgin Marbles endeavouring engraved in Stuart entirely erect Eurytion evidently executed explosion expressed female figures folds frieze graceful grasp Greece ground H Corbould head Hecatompedon hind legs Hippodamia hurled ineffectual inflict injury knee Lachares left arm left foot left hand left leg lion's skin London Lord Elgin Lordship LVII magnificent marble materially Metope has suffered Moses foulp occasion overpowered PALL-MALL Parthenon Pausanias Peiraeus perfect perhaps Pericles Phidias Plate portion probably prostrate Published Dec 1826 raised remained removed represented right arm right hand right leg Royal Museum sculptures shew south side statues taur Temple Themistocles Third Metope tion Trustees Turks victory vigour western whole XLVI