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Marble sculptures from the East Pediment of the Parthenon: torso of Selene (Athens, Acropolis Museum, 438-432 BC) and horse head (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.98 - BM Sculpture 303.O, 438-432 BC)

Marble sculptures from the East Pediment of the Parthenon: torso of Selene (Athens, Acropolis Museum, 438-432 BC) and horse head (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.98 - BM Sculpture 303.O, 438-432 BC):

  • pencil drawing on paper
  • loose, together with Bonomi MSS 38.6
  • 17.8 x 16.5 cm

Five ornamental/commemorative column designs from ancient Greek pottery decoration, traced from publications

Five ornamental/commemorative column designs from ancient Greek pottery decoration, traced from publications. Upper left: column shaft with decoration on top; upper middle: Ionic column; upper right: Doric column on altar; lower left: column or pillar with palmette [detail from Tischbein, W., Collection of engravings from ancient vases of Greek workmanship discovered in sepulchres in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies but chiefly in the neighbourhood of Naples during the course of the years MDCCLXXXIX and MDCCLXXXX, now in the possession of Sir W. Hamilton..., vol. III (1795), pl. 51]; lower right: herm and part of altar.

  • pencil tracings on tracing paper
  • loose
  • 15.4 x 27.3 cm
  • [on tracing] 'Vol II Pl. 96' (pencil note) and erased 'Pl. 72'
  • [on tracing] 'Vol II Pl. 89' (pencil note)
  • [on tracing] 'Vol II Pl. 72' (pencil note)
  • [on tracing] 'Tischbein Vol III' (pencil note)
  • [on tracing] 'Vol II Pl 97' (pencil note)

Side of sarcophagus

Side of sarcophagus:

  • pencil drawing on paper
  • loose
  • 12.7 x 19.6 cm
  • [on drawing] 'No. 726, side B, the side' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'y' / 'z' (pencil labels)

Studies of feet

Studies of feet:

  • ink and pencil sketches on card
  • loose
  • 8.1 x 15.9 cm
  • [on sketch] '31 Decem 1916' (ink note)

Coloured lithograph of details from Greek vase by Nikosthenes discovered in Etruria, from the collection of the Marquess of Northampton

Coloured lithograph of details from Greek vase by Nikosthenes discovered in Etruria, from the collection of the Marquess of Northampton; published on 23 April 1848 as plate XVI to illustrate "Observations by the Marquess of Northampton, Pres. R.S., F.S.A., upon a Greek vase discovered in Etruria, now in his Lordship's possession, bearing the name of the fabricator Nicosthenes", in Archaeologia: or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity, published by the Society of Antiquaries of London 32 (1847), p. 255-262:

  • multi-coloured (orange, red, black) lithograph
  • loose
  • 24.3 x 29.4 cm

Note on a marble statue in the collection of Dr Lee of Hartwell and on the artistic representation of the effects of alcohol in the human body

Note on a marble statue in the collection of Dr Lee of Hartwell and on the artistic representation of the effects of alcohol in the human body:

  • pencil text on paper
  • loose, adjacent to Bonomi MSS 43.1
  • 11.1 x 18.1 cm
  • [text] 'Statue of a man sleeping on a / wine skin in Pentelic marble. / S of this proper line long wide This statue in the / collection of Dr Lee of Hartwell is of excellent sculpture and probably / by an Athenian artist since it / is made carved out of a marble found in / the vicinity of Athens. / Very early indeed did the thinking and in / telligent man of antiquity such as poets / painters and sculptors describe and / pourtray each in with admirable truth the effects / of persistant indulgence in alcoholic / beverages on the intellect and on the / external configuration of the human body / X They indeed had more than we have and better'
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